Trafford Park From Old Photographs

Author : Patricia Southern
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445624613
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trafford Park From Old Photographs written by Patricia Southern and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Trafford Park in vintage photographs, once the largest industrialised area in Britain and the workshop of Greater Manchester.

Author : Eric Krieger
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445691345
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manchester From Old Photographs written by Eric Krieger and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating portrait of Manchester presented through a remarkable collection of historical photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Author : Kenneth Hudson
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521253338
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial History from the Air written by Kenneth Hudson and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1984-11-22 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to explore the exceptional opportunities offered by aerial photography for unravelling the physical complexities and historical development of the industrial landscape of Britain. A wide range of industrial sites is illustrated - from quarries, mines and car factories to airports, railways and New Towns. The general nature and significance of their history and development is discussed while the detailed commentaries accompanying each photograph indicate the kind of historical and technical information which cannot be easily obtained in any other way. There is good geographic coverage of sites, with examples from England, Wales and Scotland, drawn from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Through a combination of fascinating narrative detail and imaginative presentation of photographic evidence, this book provides a unique insight into our industrial past and present.

Author : Karen Cliff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848680814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trafford Park written by Karen Cliff and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Trafford Park in vintage photographs, once the largest industrialised area in Britain and the workshop of Greater Manchester. The industrial zone known as Trafford Park, between the Manchester Ship Canal and the Bridgewater Canal, began life as an extensive area of parkland surrounding the stately home of the de Trafford family. Finding themselves completely hemmed in by waterways after the establishment of the Manchester Ship Canal, the de Traffords vacated the land, opening up the whole area for industrial development. Gradually the whole area was covered with factories and the ancillary roads and railway lines, as the advantages of the transport links impressed themselves on developers and businessmen.Trafford Park became the largest industrialised area in Great Britain, drawing in a labour force from all over the country. Housing was built in the Park itself to meet the accommodation needs of the incoming workers and their families, and the expansion of nearby towns like Stretford owed much to the proximity of factories and jobs. After a decline in the late sixties and early seventies, Trafford Park is once again a vast centre of industry and business. Ask anyone in the Greater Manchester area about Trafford Park, and they will either have worked there themselves, or know someone who did. It features a wonderful selection of over 200 vintage photographs. It is written by two expert local historians.

Author : Sam Wetherell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691241767
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations written by Sam Wetherell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Berkeley, 2016, under the title: Pilot zones: the new urban environment of twentieth century Britain.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Photographic Dealer and Optical and Scientific Apparatus Trade Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780950690506
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trafford Park, 1896-1939 written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony J. Lambert
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian and Edwardian Country-house Life from Old Photographs written by Anthony J. Lambert and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1981 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Trafford Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439661308
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trafford written by Trafford Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trafford, located in the hills east of Pittsburgh, was officially incorporated as a borough in 1904. John Cavett I and his family were among the first settlers in the area, after purchasing land in 1769. Tracks for the Pennsylvania Railroad were laid through in 1852, and the territory became known as Stewart Station. In 1902, land at Stewart Station was purchased by renowned entrepreneur George Westinghouse, with the purpose of constructing a foundry and town to be named Trafford City, after Trafford Park in Manchester, England. Western Pennsylvania newspapers advertised the sale of lots in Trafford City, and thousands of property seekers came pouring in. The plant thrived for the majority of the 20th century and was the key to Trafford's growth as a borough. Today, with the plant long gone, Trafford survives as a quaint, community-oriented town with an industrial history that all Pittsburghers can appreciate.

Author : Richard Riding
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 : 1781554145
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s written by Richard Riding and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s consists of photographs that were taken by E. J. Riding, the author's father, who spent his working life in the aviation industry. He was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and employed as an aircraft engineer up to the war. During the war, Riding became an AID inspector and was seconded to Fairey Aviation, London Aircraft Production and the de Havilland Aircraft Company, latterly signing out Halifax bombers and Mosquitoes as airworthy and ready for test flying. Sadly, Riding was killed in a flying accident in 1950. During his short life, he gained a lasting reputation as an engineer, professional photographer, draughtsman and aero modeller. Riding began taking photographs of aircraft in 1931, aged fifteen. Fortunately, he kept copious notes recording the locations and dates of when and where aircraft were photographed. More importantly, he noted aircraft colour schemes, details rarely recorded by the press at the time. The aircraft types photographed by Riding ranged from the Tiger Moth, RAF fighters, ultra-lights to airliners, the whole giving a good cross-section of flying in Britain up to the outbreak of the Second World War. The book's photographs are of excellent quality and do not all consist of sterile bog-standard side views. Many depict aircraft being stripped for maintenance and servicing, others show aircraft dumped or after having crashed. Although approached in a generally light-hearted manner, the book features in-depth and informative captions.