A History of Inland Transport and Communication in England
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Chapters (35)
- PREFATORY NOTE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II. BRITAIN'S EARLIEST ROADS
- CHAPTER III. ROADS AND THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER IV. EARLY TRADING CONDITIONS
- CHAPTER V. EARLY ROAD LEGISLATION
- CHAPTER VI. EARLY CARRIAGES
- CHAPTER VII. LOADS, WHEELS AND ROADS
- CHAPTER VIII. THE COACHING ERA
- CHAPTER IX. THE AGE OF BAD ROADS
- CHAPTER X. THE TURNPIKE SYSTEM
- CHAPTER XI. TRADE AND TRANSPORT IN THE TURNPIKE ERA
- CHAPTER XII. SCIENTIFIC ROAD-MAKING
- CHAPTER XIII. RIVERS AND RIVER TRANSPORT
- CHAPTER XIV. RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
- CHAPTER XV. DISADVANTAGES OF RIVER NAVIGATION
- CHAPTER XVI. THE CANAL ERA
- CHAPTER XVII. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER XVIII. EVOLUTION OF THE RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XIX. THE RAILWAY ERA
- CHAPTER XX. RAILWAY EXPANSION
- CHAPTER XXI. RAILWAYS AND THE STATE
- CHAPTER XXII. DECLINE OF CANALS
- CHAPTER XXIII. DECLINE OF TURNPIKES
- CHAPTER XXIV. END OF THE COACHING ERA
- CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAY RATES AND CHARGES
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE RAILWAY SYSTEM TO-DAY
- CHAPTER XXVII. WHAT THE RAILWAYS HAVE DONE
- CHAPTER XXVIII. RAILWAYS A NATIONAL INDUSTRY
- CHAPTER XXIX. TRAMWAYS, MOTOR-BUSES AND RAILLESS ELECTRIC TRACTION
- CHAPTER XXX. CYCLES, MOTOR-VEHICLES AND TUBES
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE OUTLOOK
- AUTHORITIES.
- INDEX.
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