Book contents
- Frontmatter
- THE MIDLAND RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND PROGRESS
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY
- CHAPTER II THE NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY
- CHAPTER III THE BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY
- CHAPTER IV THE BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL RAILWAYS
- CHAPTER V LEICESTER TO SWANNINGTON, PETERBOROUGH AND BEDFORD
- CHAPTER VI TEMPORARY RISE, CULMINATION, AND DECLINE OF PROSPERITY
- CHAPTER VII EXTENSIONS TO MANCHESTER AND LONDON
- CHAPTER VIII NEW LINES TO SHEFFIELD, BATH, AND LIVERPOOL
- CHAPTER IX SETTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY PROJECTED
- CHAPTER X AMALGAMATION WITH GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN PROPOSED
- CHAPTER XI CONFLICT WITH GREAT NORTHERN COMPANY
- CHAPTER XII LINES TO KNOTTINGLEY, WIGAN, AND SWANSEA
- CHAPTER XIII LINE FROM LONDON TO MANCHESTER DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XIV LINE FROM TRENT TO BARROW-IN-FURNESS DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XV SETTLE AND CARLISLE LINE DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XVI LINE FROM DERBY TO BATH AND BRISTOL DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XVII NOTTS, LEICESTERSHIRE, AND WESTERN LINES DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XVIII SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, AND EXECUTIVE ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
CHAPTER VI - TEMPORARY RISE, CULMINATION, AND DECLINE OF PROSPERITY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Frontmatter
- THE MIDLAND RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND PROGRESS
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY
- CHAPTER II THE NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY
- CHAPTER III THE BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY
- CHAPTER IV THE BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL RAILWAYS
- CHAPTER V LEICESTER TO SWANNINGTON, PETERBOROUGH AND BEDFORD
- CHAPTER VI TEMPORARY RISE, CULMINATION, AND DECLINE OF PROSPERITY
- CHAPTER VII EXTENSIONS TO MANCHESTER AND LONDON
- CHAPTER VIII NEW LINES TO SHEFFIELD, BATH, AND LIVERPOOL
- CHAPTER IX SETTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY PROJECTED
- CHAPTER X AMALGAMATION WITH GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN PROPOSED
- CHAPTER XI CONFLICT WITH GREAT NORTHERN COMPANY
- CHAPTER XII LINES TO KNOTTINGLEY, WIGAN, AND SWANSEA
- CHAPTER XIII LINE FROM LONDON TO MANCHESTER DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XIV LINE FROM TRENT TO BARROW-IN-FURNESS DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XV SETTLE AND CARLISLE LINE DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XVI LINE FROM DERBY TO BATH AND BRISTOL DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XVII NOTTS, LEICESTERSHIRE, AND WESTERN LINES DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XVIII SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, AND EXECUTIVE ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS
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- The Midland Railway: Its Rise and ProgressA Narrative of Modern Enterprise, pp. 118 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1876