Sheffield Trams Past And Present

Author : Richard Buckley
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ISBN 13 : 9781840334364
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sheffield Trams written by Richard Buckley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The location of Sheffield between numerous fast flowing rivers; the Don, the Loxley, the Porter, the Rivelin and the Sheaf, determined that it should develop significant industry, which originally would have depended largely on water to provide power. By 1911 it had become the fifth largest city in England. Industry demands transport, both for goods and workers and the first local public transport in Sheffield was provided by horse buses in 1852. In 1872, the Sheffield Tramways Company constructed a nine-mile horse powered system. By 1896 this was in the process of being converted to an overhead electrical system but it was not completed until 11 November 1902 and the last horse drawn trams ran in May of 1903. Electric Trams were to become an integral part of life in Sheffield and although route extensions have been recently turned down, the main routes are still used extensively today. The detailed text and extensive photographs, both ancient and modern, provide a fitting tribute to a system which has served the city well for over a hundred years.

Author : Oliver Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473869404
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rails in the Road written by Oliver Green and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been passenger tramways in Britain for 150 years, but it is a rollercoaster story of rise, decline and a steady return. Trams have come and gone, been loved and hated, popular and derided, considered both wildly futuristic and hopelessly outdated by politicians, planners and the public alike. Horse trams, introduced from the USA in the 1860s, were the first cheap form of public transport on city streets. Electric systems were developed in nearly every urban area from the 1890s and revolutionised town travel in the Edwardian era.A century ago, trams were at their peak, used by everyone all over the country and a mark of civic pride in towns and cities from Dover to Dublin. But by the 1930s they were in decline and giving way to cheaper and more flexible buses and trolleybuses. By the 1950s all the major systems were being replaced. Londons last tram ran in 1952 and ten years later Glasgow, the city most firmly linked with trams, closed its network down. Only Blackpool, famous for its decorated cars, kept a public service running and trams seemed destined only for scrapyards and museums.A gradual renaissance took place from the 1980s, with growing interest in what are now described as light rail systems in Europe and North America. In the UK and Ireland modern trams were on the streets of Manchester from 1992, followed successively by Sheffield, Croydon, the West Midlands, Nottingham, Dublin and Edinburgh (2014). Trams are now set to be a familiar and significant feature of twenty-first century urban life, with more development on the way.

Author : Kenneth Gandy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780863210327
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sheffield Corporation Tramways written by Kenneth Gandy and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1006 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tramway and Railway World written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tramway Evolution written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Fox
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ISBN 13 : 9781872524610
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tram to Supertram written by Peter Fox and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1062 pages
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Download or read book Electrical Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1907-07 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Graham H. E. Twidale
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ISBN 13 : 9781857940404
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Nostalgic Look at Sheffield Trams Since 1950 written by Graham H. E. Twidale and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael H. C. Baker
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ISBN 13 : 9781858952987
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Trams,Buses & Trolleybuses Past and Present written by Michael H. C. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1142 pages
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Download or read book Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: