Steam Around Middlesbrough
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A01=Mike Hitches
Art Architecture & Photography
Author_Mike Hitches
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-WG
Category=WGF
COP=United Kingdom
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Format=BC
History of Engineering & Technology
HMM=248
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
Industrialisation
ISBN13=9781445615240
Local & Urban History
PA=Available
PD=20141115
Photography
POP=Chalford
Price=€20 to €50
PS=Active
PUB=Amberley Publishing
Railway Books
Railways
Social & Economic History
Steam Engines
Steam Trains
Subject=Transport: General Interest
WG=406
WMM=172
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- ISBN 9781445615240
- Weight: 406g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2014
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The north-east of England and the Middlesbrough area are the birthplace and cradle of modern railways. Collieries had been established in the North East since the Industrial Revolution and wagonways were constructed using horse power to transfer coal from pitheads to the coast for onward shipment to the capital and elsewhere. The Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), the first public railway in the world, received royal assent in 1821. In 1831, Middlesbrough became part of the infant railway network when the S&DR extended its line from Stockton. At that time, Middlesbrough was no more than a small fishing community, but it did lie downstream of shallows which had to be negotiated by ships sailing from Stockton Wharf. Soon afterwards, ironstone deposits were discovered nearby and, along with coal, were brought to Middlesbrough by rail, allowing the establishment of a thriving iron and steel industry.
From then until the Beeching Axe of the 1960s, the railways around Middlesbrough were still busy with passengers and freight. Much of the railway system around Middlesbrough remains intact, serving industries in the area, but local stations have ceased to exist, much like the steam locomotives that were a major part of the history of the area for some 150 years.
Mike Hitches is a prolific author, having written several railway and local interest books. His previously published work covers North Wales and the West Midlands as well as Scarborough and he has plans for further titles covering other areas in Yorkshire. Mike's local interest titles are mainly based in Wales but he is planning more for the North Yorkshire area. Mike lives in Filey, North Yorkshire.
