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160 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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1 online resource (151 pages : illustrations (black and white)) |
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text txt |
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still image sti |
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computer c |
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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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN |
9780752481265 (electronic bk.) |
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