Identifier: accountofliverpo00boot (find matches)
Title: An account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway : comprising a history of the parliamentary proceedings preparatory to the passing of the act, a description of the railway in an excursion from Liverpool to Manchester, and a popular illustration of the mechanical principles applicable to railways, also an abstract of the expenditure from the commencement of the undertaking with observations on the same
Year: 1830 (1830s)
Authors: Booth, Henry, 1788-1869 Theremin, M Dibner, Bern C.E. Rappaport (Firm) DSI
Subjects: Liverpool and Manchester Railway Railroads
Publisher: Liverpool : Printed by Wales and Baines and sold by them ...  Manchester : Bancks and Co.  Edinburgh : Cadell and Co.  London : Hurst, Chance and Co.
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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AN ACCOUNT, &c. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—PARLIAMnXTARV PROCEEDINGS. The adoption of Railways as a means of inlandcommunication, for the transit of merchandise andpassengers, forms an era no less remarkable than thefirst introduction of Canals, and constitutes a changein the long-established modes of conveyance no lessstriking and important. The Railway, however, is byno means a recent invention: nearly two centurieshave elapsed since the first partial introduction ofTram-roads, rudely constructed of wood, at a triflingoutlay of capital and still smaller expenditure ofscientific arrangement. The substitution of iron forwood was a great improvement; but the form of therail continued for a long time very objectionable, con- B sisting of flat pieces of cast-iron laid on the ground,with a side flange rising two or three inches to confinethe wheel to its proper track. The rails thus restingon the ground, were unavoidably covered with soil orsand ; and it was not till the adoption of th

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