Passenger Steamers of the River Conwy
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A01=Richard Clammer
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Author_Richard Clammer
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Category1=Non-Fiction
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Conwy Valley
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Language_English
maritime
North Wales
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pleasure steamer
pleasure steamers
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River Conwy
serving the famous trefriw spa
social history
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spa
spa resort
steamer trade
tourism
Trefriw
Victorian
victorian era
wales
Product details
- ISBN 9780750959025
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2014
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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With the blossoming of Victorian tourism in the 1840s, the beautiful Conwy Valley in North Wales, with its healthy climate and picturesque scenery, became immensely popular. The rediscovery and development of an ancient chalybeate mineral well led to the transformation of the quiet village of Trefriw into a major spa resort to which health-seeking visitors flocked, travelling on board a unique fleet of charming pleasure steamers, which quickly established themselves as an essential part of the Welsh tourist experience. This absorbing book traces the colourful but largely forgotten chapter in British maritime and social history: the rise and fall of both the steamer trade on the River Conwy and of Trefriw as a fashionable spa.
