Author: Chas S. Dunbar
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780600004479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ric Francis
Publisher: Areca Books
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9789834283407
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Which city once had the smallest trolley-bus in the world? Where do you find the first funicular railway in Southeast Asia? How do you recognize a trolley-bus pole? Where is Tramway Road?" "With over 100 old photographs, maps and illustrations, this book gives an overview of the various forms of public transport used in George Town from 1880s to 1963, and the role this transport played in the development of the growth of George Town and Penang." "Penang was one of the first urban centres in Southeast Asia to operate steam trams, horse trams, electric trams and trolleybuses. When the Municipal Commission established its own electric supply, it took over the tram service and started the electric trams in George Town in 1906. This gave the local population excellent public transport around George Town, with one line going up to Ayer Itam. In the late 1920s, the Municipality replaced trams with trolley-buses, experimenting for a while with re-conditioned double-deckers from London Transport!" "The Municipality also operated two railways - firstly, the Penang Hill Railway which was considered an engineering marvel when it was first built, and secondly, the electric railway which transported supplies and tin ingots for Penang's foremost smelting works."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Michael Berry
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-07-15
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1445676796
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a nostalgic look back on the trolley and bus services of the town, Michael Berry looks at the history and demise of the Huddersfield system.
Author: Chas S. Dunbar
Publisher: Bounty Books
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780753709702
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This text, originally published in 1967, tells of the men and the machines which paved the way for modern road transport. It tells the story of road transport from the days of the stage and the long-distance mailcoach to the crowded age of the monorail, the express-way and buses that go by themselves.
Author: Oliver Green
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-02-22
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 1784422495
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionised town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram – but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encouraged a growing comeback for trams on our crowded and polluted city streets. Using beautiful contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the rise, fall and revival of this everyday, yet sometimes controversial, mode of urban transport.
Author: Ian Gollan Cooper
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780909459222
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