INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE - Industry People Transport. Vol 27 No 3 Autumn 2001 44
pp photos, colour cover. 1 years subscription £11.50 from Yorkshire History,
Proctor House, Kirkgate, Settle, N Yorks BD24 9DZ
Walter Wilson - Inventor by Rodney Dale describes a little known aviation
pioneer who was the first person to develop a combustion engine capable of
powering an aeroplane.
David Yewdall - Entrepreneur by David Eastwood is the story of a self
made woollen mill owner.
From Mud Bank to Metropolis by N Moorsom. The metropolis is
Middlesborough and this article describes the trials and tribulations of the
early railways there.
Portslade Gas Works / a brief history, part one by Brian E Sturt.
Brighton was a pioneer in the adoption of electric lighting, and it was
one of the first towns to establish a public gas supply.
Dinorwic Slate Quarries by Tony Breare describes not only the quarries
but the Llanberis Country Park which like all public museums in Wales is
free!
An Account of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Ironworks in 1815. In
August 1815, Thomas Butler and his friend Buckley made a tour of the
ironworks in Staffordshire and Shropshire and as usual kept a diary of
the trip.
Castlefield, Manchester: The regeneration and sustainable development of
an historic industrial site (part one) by Derek Brumhead. The 1765
terminus of the Bridgewater Canal has a new lease of life.
Something to interest everybody.
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