Author: Hege HernaesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781527273412
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Building the Mallaig Railway
Author: Hege HernaesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781527273412
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Mallaig Railway
Author: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ScotlandPublisher: Royal Commission
ISBN: 9781902419312
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Contains information on the construction of the extension of the West Highland Railway, from Banavie at Fort William to Mallaig. This book contains images that include a map showing the line of the extension, photographs of construction in progress, and day views.
Railway Times
Author: The West Highland Railway
Author: John A. McGregorPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788855728
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The West Highland Railway, which opened to Fort William in 1894 and to Mallaig in 1901, follows a scenic route by Loch Lomond, Breadalbane and Lochaber to the west coast of Scotland and is one of the most famous railway lines in the world. This book describes the late-nineteenth-century 'railway mania' in the Highlands, addressing the politics of promotion and the disputes over state assistance for the Fort William–Mallaig line, rather than the heroics and the romance of construction and operation. It discusses the uneasy alliances and battles between the railway companies of Scotland, as well as those between Scottish lines and their English counterparts. It also reviews other schemes, more or less successful, and examines the expectations bound up with railway development, asking how far these had been achieved, or remained relevant, by 1914. 'This is a meticulously researched book . . . a unique and comprehensive history of the origins of the West Highland Railway . . . an essential addition to the library of anyone with an interest in Scottish railway history' - Ewan Crawford, University of Glasgow 'a fascinating and revealing study of rail development issues in the western Highlands between the 1840s and 1914' - Tom Hart, University of Glasgow
Herring Tales
Author: Donald S. MurrayPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472912187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Scots like to smoke or salt them. The Dutch love them raw. Swedes look on with relish as they open bulging, foul-smelling cans to find them curdling within. Jamaicans prefer them with a dash of chilli pepper. Germans and the English enjoy their taste best when accompanied by pickle's bite and brine. Throughout the long centuries men have fished around their coastlines and beyond, the herring has done much to shape both human taste and history. Men have co-operated and come into conflict over its shoals, setting out in boats to catch them, straying, too, from their home ports to bring full nets to shore. Women have also often been at the centre of the industry, gutting and salting the catch when the annual harvest had taken place, knitting, too, the garments fishermen wore to protect them from the ocean's chill. Following a journey from the western edge of Norway to the east of England, from Shetland and the Outer Hebrides to the fishing ports of the Baltic coast of Germany and the Netherlands, culminating in a visit to Iceland's Herring Era Museum, Donald S. Murray has stitched together tales of the fish that was of central importance to the lives of our ancestors, noting how both it - and those involved in their capture - were celebrated in the art, literature, craft, music and folklore of life in northern Europe. Blending together politics, science, history, religious and commercial life, Donald contemplates, too, the possibility of restoring the silver darlings of legend to these shores.
Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland for the Year Ended ..
Author: Fishery Board for ScotlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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The Mallaig Railway
Author: Famedram Publishers LimitedPublisher:
ISBN: 9780905489797
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This guide tells the story of the Mallaig railway, one of the world's great railway journeys.
The Mallaig Railway
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780905489872
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description