Название: The Early Pioneers of Steam: The Inspiration Behind George Stephenson
Автор: Stuart Hylton
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 0750991283
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 19,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
We think of the Stephensons and Brunel as the fathers of the railways, and their Liverpool and Manchester and Great Western Railways as the prototypes of the modern systems. But who were the railways' grandfathers and great grandfathers? For the rapid evolution of the railways after 1830 depended to a considerable degree upon the Stephensons.