Dr Tom Bell

Broschiertes Buch

Railways of the North Pennines: The Rise and Fall of the Railways Serving the North Pennine Ore-Field

Beschreibung

This illustrated history describes how the two pioneering railways of northern England, the Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle railways, developed from unsuccessful canal proposals and how they, with the ill-fated Stanhope and Tyne Railway, initiated the development of the railway system that served the North Pennine Orefield.

Autor

Dr. Tom Bell began his career as a lecturer in Bacteriology, before leading the Imperial Cancer Research Fund African Project in Uganda for six years. He took early retirement in 1986 and has spent his retirement helping to run the South Tynedale Railway, as a director of the Alston Moor Partnership, as a trustee of the Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services, and researching the history of transport in the North Pennines since the early 1700s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9780750960953
• ISBN-10: 0750960957
• Artikelnr.: 41731544