A Quite Impossible Proposal

Author : Andrew Drummond
Publisher : Origin
ISBN 13 : 1788852710
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quite Impossible Proposal written by Andrew Drummond and published by Origin. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of An Abridged History, “a detailed examination of an overlooked chapter in Scotland’s transport history” (The Scotsman). In the 1890s, the people of north-west Scotland grew tired of Government Commissions sent to consider a railway to Ullapool. Despite rock-solid arguments in favor of such a railway, neither government nor the big railway companies lifted a finger to build one. Against the recommendations of its own advisers, the Scottish Office dismissed the project as “a quite impossible proposal.” This book tells the whole sorry tale of the attempt to improve transportation in the north-west Highlands and the resulting government inquiries, set against the region’s economic and social problems and civil unrest in the crofting communities. Stories, facts and figures have been unearthed from the archives of government departments and railway companies, from local people’s letters and petitions, from contemporary newspapers and from the plans prepared for the hoped-for railways. Other unbuilt railways to the north-west coast are also described. But this story is not just about planned railways that were never built. It is about the frustrations of the people of the Highlands in the face of government incompetence, railway-company obstructionism, local rivalries and the struggle against the historical injustice of land ownership. “Delves deep into the archives to reveal an astonishing story of establishment incompetence and indifference—and some west coast skullduggery—contriving to thwart the energy and enthusiasm of locals keen to share in the benefits which railways had brought to other Highland communities.” —RailScot

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1176 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates (official Report). written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the 1st session of the 48th Parliament.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1634 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.

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Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scots Revised Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents--I. Robertson's Appeals and Paton's Appeals, vols. I, II and III. 1707-1797.--II. Paton's Appeals, vols. IV, V and VII. 1797-1821.--III. Dow's Appeals, vols. I to VI, and Bligh's Appeals, vols. I to III. 1813-1821.--IV. Shaw's Appeals, 2 vols. and Wilson & Shaw's Appeals, vols. III to V. 1828-1831.--VI. Wilson & Shaw's Appeals, vols. VI and VII, Shaw & Maclean's Appeals, vols. I and II. 1832-1837.--VII. Shaw & Maclean's Appeals, vol. III, Maclean & Robinson's Appeals, Robinson's Appeals, vols. I and II. 1838-1841.--VIII. Bell's Appeals, vols. I to VI. 1842-1849.--IX. Bell's Appeals, vol. VII, Macqueen's Appeals, vols. I and II. 1850-1857.--X. Macqueen's Appeals, vols. III and IV. 1857-1865.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates (official Report). written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Waghorn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888 written by Thomas Waghorn and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1026 pages
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Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates written by Great Britain. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Department of State
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Total Pages : 1104 pages
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Download or read book Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: