Terror in the Tunnels
britain’s dangerous railway history
$26.51
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
2 May 2017
Summary
The exciting early days of the railways were tempered with danger as the Victorian concept of health and safety was rather different to ours. Going ‘into the dark’ was a frightening experience and tunneling under the ground and under water a deathdefying activity in nineteenthcentury Britain. Certainly many workers and travellers paid the ultimate price. There were a wide variety of challenges to work through in order to make tunnels passable, including floodings, collapses and explosions, as…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750969963 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0750969962 |
| Author: | Rosa Matheson |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 195g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Rosa Matheson
Dr ROSA MATHESON is Swindon’s best-known railway author. A long-time enthusiast of Swindon Works, GWR and women’s railway history, she has a large collection of memorabilia, has written a number of books and articles, and is active in presenting talks to the community. She has previously written Death, Dynamite and Disaster: A Grisly Railway History, Terror in the Tunnels, The GWR Story, Apprenticeship and Training in GWR’s Swindon Works, TRIP: The Annual Holiday for GWR’s Swindon Works, and The Fair Sex: Women and the GWR for The History Press.
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