Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
- CHAP. I Mr. Brassey as a Business Man
- CHAP. II Mr. Brassey's Early Career
- CHAP. III Contract Work
- CHAP. IV Commencement of Foreign Work
- CHAP. V Labourers of Different Nations
- CHAP. VI Mr. Brassey's Skill in Calculations
- CHAP. VII Work becomes more Extensive
- CHAP. VIII Great Northern Railway
- CHAP. IX Financial Management
- CHAP. X Financial Difficulties
- CHAP. XI Mr. Brassey's Wealth
- CHAP. XII Railway and other Contracts
- CHAP. XIII Italian Railways
- CHAP. XIV Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
- CHAP. XV Victoria Bridge
- CHAP. XVI Crimean and other Railways
- CHAP. XVII Works in Australia
- CHAP. XVIII Argentine Railway
- CHAP. XIX Moldavian Railways
- CHAP. XX Indian Railways
- CHAP. XXI Recollections of his Son
- CHAP. XXII Close of Life
- CHAP. XXIII Railways and Government Control
- APPENDIX A Mr. Tapp's Notes on Mr. Brassey's Tours
- APPENDIX B Letters
- APPENDIX C Wages
- INDEX
CHAP. XXII - Close of Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
- CHAP. I Mr. Brassey as a Business Man
- CHAP. II Mr. Brassey's Early Career
- CHAP. III Contract Work
- CHAP. IV Commencement of Foreign Work
- CHAP. V Labourers of Different Nations
- CHAP. VI Mr. Brassey's Skill in Calculations
- CHAP. VII Work becomes more Extensive
- CHAP. VIII Great Northern Railway
- CHAP. IX Financial Management
- CHAP. X Financial Difficulties
- CHAP. XI Mr. Brassey's Wealth
- CHAP. XII Railway and other Contracts
- CHAP. XIII Italian Railways
- CHAP. XIV Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
- CHAP. XV Victoria Bridge
- CHAP. XVI Crimean and other Railways
- CHAP. XVII Works in Australia
- CHAP. XVIII Argentine Railway
- CHAP. XIX Moldavian Railways
- CHAP. XX Indian Railways
- CHAP. XXI Recollections of his Son
- CHAP. XXII Close of Life
- CHAP. XXIII Railways and Government Control
- APPENDIX A Mr. Tapp's Notes on Mr. Brassey's Tours
- APPENDIX B Letters
- APPENDIX C Wages
- INDEX
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- Life and Labours of Thomas Brassey1805–1870, pp. 161 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014