Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History, York, UK
Research Workshops, 2008-09
14.00 Wednesday 6th May 2009
*'FAILED' TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
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Chris Neilson (University of Manchester)
Now You See Me, Now You Don't: the British navigable airship, 1905-1935
Paul Smith (Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris)
Atmospheric railways: the French connection
14.00 Wednesday 20th May 2009*
THE ENGINEERING OF GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN RAILWAYS*
Jim Rees (National Railway Museum)
Rediscovering a lost railway pioneer
David Brooke (Independent scholar)
William Mackenzie
*/All welcome./ *Light refreshments will be served.
All workshops are held in the NRM's Search Engine research and study
facility. Search Engine is accessed from the ground floor of the Great
Hall.
The National Railway Museum is about 3 minutes' walk from York railway
station via the footbridge. Please use either public entrance to the NRM
and tell the staff at the desk that you are attending the IRS&TH
workshops. Cycle parking is available at the City Entrance. Motorists
please note that NRM parking charges apply (except for
registered-disabled parking, available at the City Entrance).
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