James Brindley
Author | : Christine Richardson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2005-09-01 |
Genre | : Canals |
ISBN | : 9781870002974 |
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Author | : Christine Richardson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2005-09-01 |
Genre | : Canals |
ISBN | : 9781870002974 |
Author | : Christine Richardson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
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Author | : Laurence Meynell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : Kathleen M. Evans |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : Nick Corble |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2011-10-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752472240 |
It can be said of few men that without them the course of their nation's history would have been very different, yet through the force of his ideas and sheer bloody-mindedness, James Brindley, the first great canal builder, provided the spark that ignited the Industrial Revolution, united the nation and set Britain on course to become the world's first superpower. Born into poverty and barely literate, Brindley had a vision for the country that defied both established society and the natural order, dividing mid-eighteenth-century scientific and political opinion. Crowds flocked to marvel at this new canals and the engineering feats that accompanied them, with Brindley's inventiveness earning him the nickname 'The Schemer'.
Author | : Victoria Owens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781445649665 |
Victoria Owens explores the work of James Brindley and Francis Egerton, Third Duke of Bridgewater.
Author | : Samuel Smiles |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781021815194 |
Samuel Smiles tells the story of James Brindley, a self-taught millwright who became a pioneer in the construction of canals and aqueducts in 18th-century England. Brindley's engineering feats transformed the landscape and economy of the country, and allowed for the efficient transportation of goods between cities. Smiles provides a fascinating insight into the life and work of this remarkable man, and sheds light on the early days of industrialization in Britain. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Samuel Smiles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1864 |
Genre | : Canals |
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Author | : Christine Richardson |
Publisher | : Richlow Books |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780955260919 |
The Chesterfield Canal was one of the waterways built during the exciting, pioneering era of such waterways in this country, and it is therefore one of the oldest, with a completion date of 1777. This book contains six articles of the history of the Canal.
Author | : Anthony Burton |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1473870356 |
Canal Builders is a classic history book for anyone interested in the development of Britain's canal system. The book, which was first published in the 1970s, is now republished here in a new fifth edition. It takes the reader from the middle of the eighteenth century, to the start of the railway age in the early nineteenth century. Anthony Burton has revised and improved the original text, using new material that he has found in archives since it was first published, and has added many extra illustrations. This is the remarkable story of the many groups of people who were responsible for building Britain's canal system. There were industrialists such as Josiah Wedgwood, who promoted canals to help his own industry, and speculators, financed the projects in the hope of a good return. The work was planned by engineers, some of whom, such as James Brindley and Thomas Telford, have become famous, while others have remained virtually unknown but still did magnificent work. This is also the story of the great, anonymous army of men who actually did the work the navvies. This was the first book ever to study the lives of these labourers in detail. Altogether it is an epic story of how the transport route that made the industrial revolution possible was built.'Well planned and well written There is no better introduction to the early canal age.' The EconomistLinks End Links Author End Author