Leeds Trams And Buses

Author : Michael Berry
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445614901
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leeds Trams and Buses written by Michael Berry and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs gives an insight into the history of tram and bus operations in the Leeds area.

Author : Graham H. E. Twidale
Publisher : nostalgia collection
ISBN 13 : 9781857941876
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leeds in the Age of the Tram, 1950-59 written by Graham H. E. Twidale and published by nostalgia collection. This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Buckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781840335309
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leeds Trams 1871-1959 written by Richard Buckley and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Noel Proudlock
Publisher : ISBN 978 0 951718 50 6
ISBN 13 : 9780951718506
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leeds written by Noel Proudlock and published by ISBN 978 0 951718 50 6. This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 29 October 1891 was a day of major significance both for Leeds and for the development of electricity as a power source for public transport when on that day the first vehicles in Europe to receive current through a roof mounted collector from an overhead supply wire operated from Sheepscar to Oakwood, at that time the entrance to Roundhay Park. Full public service started on 10 November 1891 and was continued successfully until 31 July 1896. This book is published as my personal commemoration of the centenary of that event, a hundred years during which developments have reached a point beyond the wildest imagination of those present on the day. Leeds was a fast growing town with a great civic pride at the time the tramcar began to spread over Great Britain. No civic decisions of that time had a more profound effect on the city than the introduction of horse drawn trams by the Leeds Tramways Company in 1871, the subsequent purchase of the system by the Corporation in 1894 (the year after incorporation as a city) and its electrification from 1897 to 1902. As well as the very important event already referred to Leeds also scored firsts with the Maley combined electro-magnetic and mechanical track brake in 1907 and with trackless trams (trolley buses) in 1911. The city was also very early in the field with motor buses (1906), reserved tracks (1922), roller bearings and air brakes (1926) and modern high speed cars (1933). I have therefore attempted to produce a compact history of the city's street rail transport, not ignoring the growth of the buses which ultimately replaced the trams in 1959, and to relate it to the general history of the city, especially to housing development on which the early electric tram system had a profound effect. A very different picture is to be seen in many European cities where the principles recommended for Leeds in 1944-50 were adopted and very modern rail systems have developed. There is now increasing interest in similar new developments in America and Great Britain and it seems a pity that Leeds missed the opportunity to repeat its great pioneering role of 1897-1906. In piecing together during 1968 that part of the story up to 1940 which I did not witness personally I have examined the Annual Reports of the Tramways and later Transport Committee to the Leeds City Council and various other volumes in the Local History Section of Leeds Public Library and must acknowledge the help of the staff in that section at the time in bringing out and putting away so many heavy volumes. I must also particularly acknowledge the assistance afforded at the same period by Mr. J. R. Blakeborough in allowing me to examine the tramcar records retained by Leeds City Transport as well as the photographs and negatives in their possession. Prints of some of these and also some from the Yorkshire Post and Leeds City Library collections are included and I acknowledge their courtesy in giving permission for their reproduction.

Author : Keith Robbins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198224969
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bibliography of British History, 1914-1989 written by Keith Robbins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.

Author : Charles Dunbar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
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Download or read book Buses, Trolleys & Trams written by Charles Dunbar and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Law
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781398118430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buses and Trams Around Leeds written by John Law and published by . This book was released on 2024-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore rare and previously unpublished photographs illustrating Leeds City Transport bus and tram scene.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
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Download or read book Southern Electrician written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 890 pages
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Download or read book Tramway and Railway World written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Berry
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445676796
Total Pages : 178 pages
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Download or read book Huddersfield Trolleys and Buses written by Michael Berry and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a nostalgic look back on the trolley and bus services of the town, Michael Berry looks at the history and demise of the Huddersfield system.