Sheffield In The Age Of The Tram

Download or read book The Golden Age of Buses & Trams written by Henry Hirst and published by Character-19. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public transport has now been around for over 150 years in one shape or another and this book takes a nostalgic look at the heritage and story of Buses and Trams. Tramways when operated in the 19th century and beyond formed a large part of the community in towns and cities, helping to get people around in style using steam and electric technology. Trams over time were however up against the might of the internal combustion engine, in the shape of the emerging petrol and diesel powered buses. These newfangled vehicles didn’t require rails or overhead cables and could go just about anywhere. There was also of course the electric trolleybus that sat somewhere between a bus and tram. The tram has thankfully made comebacks over the years and buses have evolved with the times, so join us looking through the early years to more recent times. This book is full of facts, information about the manufacturers, insight about the classic buses and includes some superb archive pictures.

Download or read book City of Sheffield (Part 1 of 3) written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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:

Download or read book Leaving Sheffield written by John Downing and published by John Downing. This book was released on 2014-08-17 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over three generations, starting in 1829, three strong, independent women fought to stamp their mark on the world. They would also raise families as self-reliant as themselves. One of those women, Eliza Brannan, would carry a dark, evil secret for years, breaking her silence only after marrying the man she had first met as a thirteen-year-old girl. The endeavours of the women for recognition as equals in a male dominated world would lead them all into difficult times, straining relationships and threatening lives, their own and their families. However, there was no deterring the women, demanding only the highest standards, not only from themselves but also from everyone around them. For generations the families’ had lived in and around Sheffield but in 1913, Hannah Coppul made a decision that would see them leave Sheffield forever. Whether that decision would be the best one for all the members of her family only time would tell. The stories, characters and incidents in this book are fictional.

Download or read book Transportation Research Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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.

Download or read book "Damned Bad Place, Sheffield" written by Sylvia M. Pybus and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: