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Regional Tramways - Scotland: 1940-1950s
Peter Waller
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Description for Regional Tramways - Scotland: 1940-1950s
Hardback. Rare colour illustrations of trams and street scenes covering the last decade of trams in Scotland. Num Pages: 112 pages, 25 colour illustrations and 175 black & White illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJH; 3JJPG; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 216. .
This is the first of a new series of books that will cover the history of tramway operation in the British Isles. Focusing on Scotland, this book provides an overview of the history of tramways north of the border from the 1940s, when the first horse-drawn service linking Inchture village to Inchture station opened, through to the closure of the last traditional tramway - Glasgow - in 1962. Concentrating on the big city systems that survived the Second World War - Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow - the book provides a comprehensive narrative, detailing the history of these operations from ... Read more
This is the first of a new series of books that will cover the history of tramway operation in the British Isles. Focusing on Scotland, this book provides an overview of the history of tramways north of the border from the 1940s, when the first horse-drawn service linking Inchture village to Inchture station opened, through to the closure of the last traditional tramway - Glasgow - in 1962. Concentrating on the big city systems that survived the Second World War - Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow - the book provides a comprehensive narrative, detailing the history of these operations from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
987g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473823853
SKU
V9781473823853
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Peter Waller
Brought up in Bradford, Peter grew up as the city's trolleybus network gradually declined. In 1986, Peter commenced in a career in publishing, working for a number of years as Ian Allan Ltds Publisher (Books), where he oversaw the commissioning and publication of a wide range of books. The first book that he wrote was British and Irish Tramway Systems ... Read more
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