Birmingham Tramways [Audiobook] download free by Robert J. Harley
- Listen audiobook: Birmingham Tramways
- Author: Robert J. Harley
- Release date: 2017/8/17
- Publisher: CAPITAL TRANSPORT PUBLISHING
- Language: Not Available
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781854144164
- Rating: 7.4 of 10
- Votes: 189
- Review by: Juniper Masters
- Review rating: 8.03 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/22
- Duration: 2H27M58S in 256 kbps (40 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-05
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MP3, Shorten, WAV, MPEG4, WMA (compression EML, TZ, AZW4, ZIP, BZ2, RAR, CPIO)
- Total pages original book: 200
- Includes a PDF summary of 23 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 17M30S (4.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: In Birmingham, a city once renowned for its engineering enterprise, tram passengers in days gone by were treated to an eccentric variety of rolling stock. Steam trams puffed sedately past shops, offices and houses; cable cars scaled the heights to Handsworth, and on the Bristol Road the novelty of a ride on an electric tramcar was occasionally marred by noxious fumes from the batteries. Fare paying customers in the lower saloon of the vehicle then had to beat a hasty retreat. Reliable technology in the form of electric tramways powered from overhead wires arrived in 1901. A comprehensive system of lines was constructed, which connected to the extensive Black Country network. Narrow-gauge rails carried the elegant cobalt blue and cream tramcars into the suburbs on private rights of way, segregated from the rest of the traffic. Many rare street scenes in this book illustrate the story of an efficient transport system, which fell victim to the motor age. Journey back to an era of cheap fares and frequent, reliable services which turned up in all weathers.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Buses, Trams & Commercial
- Download servers: Nextcloud, FileHosting, FileServe, Dropbox, Torrent, MEGA. Compressed in EML, TZ, AZW4, ZIP, BZ2, RAR, CPIO
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 65.48 USD
- Dimensions: 216x297mm
- Weight: Not Available
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Middlesex, United Kingdom
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