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Author Burton, Anthony, 1934- author.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91104974
Title Navvies / Anthony Burton.
Publication Info Stroud : History Press, 2012.



Descript 160 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
1 online resource (151 pages : illustrations (black and white))
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Contents Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One Who Were the Navvies? -- Chapter Two The Navvy Arrives -- Chapter Three The Navvy Life -- Chapter Four The Railway Age Begins -- Chapter Five The Railway Navvy -- Chapter Six Contractors, Gangers and Men -- Chapter Seven Working on the Line -- Chapter Eight The Great Tunnels -- Chapter Nine Life on the Line -- Chapter Ten Truck, Tommy and Pay -- Chapter Eleven The Nation's Heroes -- Chapter Twelve The Navvy Overseas -- Chapter Thirteen The End of the Line -- Plates -- Copyright.
Note 325 annual accesses. UkHlHU
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9780752481265 (electronic bk.)
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Author Burton, Anthony, 1934- author.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91104974
Series History's most dangerous jobs
History's most dangerous jobs.
Subject Railroad construction workers -- Great Britain -- History.
Canal construction workers -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain
Descript 160 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
1 online resource (151 pages : illustrations (black and white))
Content text txt
still image sti
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Contents Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One Who Were the Navvies? -- Chapter Two The Navvy Arrives -- Chapter Three The Navvy Life -- Chapter Four The Railway Age Begins -- Chapter Five The Railway Navvy -- Chapter Six Contractors, Gangers and Men -- Chapter Seven Working on the Line -- Chapter Eight The Great Tunnels -- Chapter Nine Life on the Line -- Chapter Ten Truck, Tommy and Pay -- Chapter Eleven The Nation's Heroes -- Chapter Twelve The Navvy Overseas -- Chapter Thirteen The End of the Line -- Plates -- Copyright.
Note 325 annual accesses. UkHlHU
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9780752481265 (electronic bk.)
Author Burton, Anthony, 1934- author.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91104974
Series History's most dangerous jobs
History's most dangerous jobs.
Subject Railroad construction workers -- Great Britain -- History.
Canal construction workers -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain

Subject Railroad construction workers -- Great Britain -- History.
Canal construction workers -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain
Descript 160 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
1 online resource (151 pages : illustrations (black and white))
Content text txt
still image sti
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One Who Were the Navvies? -- Chapter Two The Navvy Arrives -- Chapter Three The Navvy Life -- Chapter Four The Railway Age Begins -- Chapter Five The Railway Navvy -- Chapter Six Contractors, Gangers and Men -- Chapter Seven Working on the Line -- Chapter Eight The Great Tunnels -- Chapter Nine Life on the Line -- Chapter Ten Truck, Tommy and Pay -- Chapter Eleven The Nation's Heroes -- Chapter Twelve The Navvy Overseas -- Chapter Thirteen The End of the Line -- Plates -- Copyright.
Note 325 annual accesses. UkHlHU
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9780752481265 (electronic bk.)

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