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The Bugsworth Heritage Trail: Booklets 1-9
Celebrates the Bugsworth (Buxworth) Heritage Trail that is centred on the lime kilns and canal basin which, at the turn of the C19th, represented one of the largest inland ports in England from where large quantities of stone were transported out of the Derbyshire Peak quarries.
Samuel Crompton: The Inventor of the Spinning Mule to which is incorporated a Short History of Messrs Dobson & Barlow Ltd
The first half of this book is devoted to a biography of Samuel Crompton and his endeavours to invent and perfect the spinning mule in 1779. The second half covers in considerable detail the inception and growth of the manufacturer of textile machinery, Dobson & Barlow, who were the ear
Cornwall's Industrial Heritage
Guide and gazetteer to all notable extant historic industrial sites - breweries, brick works, china clay works, telegraph stations, canals, ferries, explosive works, foundries, limekilns, military defences, tide mills, windmills, mines, lighthouses, quays, quarries, railways, viaducts, tollhouses
A Description of Coalbrookdale in 1801 AD
The text of a manuscript written in 1801 as a guide to the iron works and surroundings but never published. Booklet. 22 pages. Very good condition. Cat No 2411
A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Derbyshire
Illustrated gazetteer of the historic mills, worker´s cottages, ironworks, warehouses, breweries, lead mines, tollhouses, collieries, brick kilns, waterworks, tramways, railway and canal architecture. Paperback. 60 pages. New condition. Cat No 2390
A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lancashire
Illustrated gazetteer of the historic mills, docks, jetties, limekilns, bus garages, tram sheds, factories, chemical works, aerodromes, dyeworks, weaver's cottages, railway and canal architecture. Paperback. 56 pages. New condition. Cat No 2391
The Stevensons - Pioneers of Coastal Lights
Short synopsis of the engineering works of Robert Stevenson and his sons - roads, railways, bridges, but most particularly, lighthouses. 16 page illustrated booklet publishes as a Supplement to the journal Industrial Archaeology. Good clean condition. Cat No 2237
The Rosedale Glass Furnace and the Elizabethan Glassworkers
Guide to the discovery, excavation and purpose of the Teesside Elizabethan glass furnace - the only one of its kind in the UK. Also notes the names of foreign glassworkers known to work on the site and the merchants who had a stake in it. Booklet. 20 pages.
