DORSET IN THE AGE OF STEAM
Written by Peter Stanier
Published by Dorset Books
in 2002
ISBN: 1871164907
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DORSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- ARCHAEOLOGY
DORSET IN THE AGE OF STEAM
Written by Peter Stanier.
Stock no. 1322451
1st.
2002.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A history and archaeology of Dorset Industry c.1750-1950. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871164907. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly creased at edges.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 Dorset's Age of Steam
- 2 Farming in the industrial age
- 3 Dorset stone
- 4 Potter's clay
- 5 Shale and other fuels
- 6 Ironstone working
- 7 Lime burning
- 8 Cement manufacturing
- 9 Brick making
- 10 Tiles, pipes and pots
- 11 Corn milling
- 12 Beer
- 13 Malt
- 14 Hemp and flax industries
- 15 Woollen and silk textiles
- 16 Founders and engineers
- 17 Food processing and paper making
- 18 Moving times: roads
- 19 Railways and tramways
- 20 Ports and shipping
- 21 The water supply industry
- 22 Light, heat and power
- 23 Housing and recreation
- 24 Matters of defence
- Selected further reading
- Index