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100 1 _aHead, Francis Bond, Sir,
_d1793-1875
245 1 0 _aStokers and pokers
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-11-27
508 _aCarol Brown, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Stokers and Pokers: or, The London and North-Western Railway" by the author of "Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau" is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book provides an in-depth look into the construction, maintenance, and operational intricacies of the London and North-Western Railway, reflecting on the impact of railways on society and commerce during that period. It aims to illuminate the challenges faced by engineers and workers in an age when rail transport was becoming a vital part of British life. The opening of the work begins by drawing a vivid comparison between the astonishment with which people once viewed trains and the modern-day indifference towards them. The author sets the stage by introducing the reader to an anecdote about an extraordinary horse ride, transitioning into the amazement surrounding the advances of railway technology and its implications for everyday life. With an intention to inform the public, the writer conveys the complexity of railway construction and the various elements involved, from surveying to the roles of different workers, emphasizing not only the physical but also the societal hurdles that railway engineers had to overcome. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: John Murray, 1849
653 _aLondon and North-Western Railway
653 _aTelegraph -- Great Britain
653 _aRailway Clearing House (London, England)
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/stokerspokersorl00headrich
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74809
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