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[CA & US version]. |
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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Long Time Coming; 1 Steam Beneath the Streets; 2 The World's First Underground Railway; 3 London at War; 4 London Plans for Peace; 5 Enter Crossrail; 6 New Technology: Tunnelling Shields and Electricity; 7 Mobile Factories Tunnelling Beneath London; 8 Stations, Signals and Trains; 9 Heroic Engineering; 10 Crossrail Archaeology; 11 Crossrail: The Future; Postscript; Picture Section |
| Summary |
Why did London have to wait so long for a main-line railway beneath its streets? For a few years in the mid-nineteenth century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's broad-gauge Great Western trains ran from Reading to Faringdon. Now, after many false starts, his vision is being realised as the Elizabeth Line prepares to carry passengers from Reading to the City once again, and beyond to Essex and Kent, using engineering that would have earned the admiration of the greatest Victorian engineers. London historian Stephen Halliday presents an engaging discussion of Crossrail's fascinating origins and the heroic engineering that made it all possible. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cross London Rail Links Ltd.
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Cross London Rail Links Ltd. |
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Subways -- England -- London -- History.
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Subways. |
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England -- London. |
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History. |
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Subways -- England -- London -- History -- Pictorial works.
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Pictorial works.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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| ISBN |
9780750990400 (electronic book) |
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0750990406 (electronic book) |
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