Death, Dynamite and Disaster (eBook)

A Grisly British Railway History

Rosa Matheson (Autor)

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2014 | 2. Auflage
224 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5701-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A safe mode of transport today, the railways were far from vehicles of sleepy commute when they first came into service; indeed, accidents were commonplace and sometimes were a result of something far more sinister. In this fresh approach to railway history, Rosa Matheson explores the grim and grisly railway past. These horrible happenings include memorable disasters and accidents, the lack of burial grounds for London's dead, leading to the 'Necropolis Railway', the gruesome necessity of digging up the dead to accommodate the railways and how the discovery of dynamite gave rise to the 'Dynamite Wars' on the London Underground in the 1880s and 1890s. Join Rosa as she treads carefully through the fascinating gruesome history of Britain's railways.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.5.2014
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: A Grisly British Railway History • A Grisly British Railway History, railway accidents, train crashes, railway history, rail disasters, burial grounds, necropolis railway, dynamite wars, london underground, gruesome history of britain's railways • burial grounds • dynamite wars • gruesome history of britain's railways • gruesome history of britains railways • London Underground • necropolis railway • rail disasters • railway accidents • railway history • train crashes
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5701-8 / 0750957018
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5701-4 / 9780750957014