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The Railway Clearing House (eBook)

In the British Economy 1842-1922
Artikelnummer: 978-1-00-081809-3
Einband: Adobe Digital Editions
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Originally published in 1968, and using official records, this book charts the history of the Railway Clearing House and shows the vital role it played in the development of British railways and the growth of the economy. The Clearing House established a common classification of goods; standardized signalling systems and telegraphic codes among the 120 railway companies which operated in Britain before the First World War. It was the nerve centre of the railway for nearly a century and at one time more than 2,500 clerks were employed in its huge offices near Euston Station in London.

Originally published in 1968, and using official records, this book charts the history of the Railway Clearing House and shows the vital role it played in the development of British railways and the growth of the economy. The Clearing House established a common classification of goods; standardized signalling systems and telegraphic codes among the 120 railway companies which operated in Britain before the First World War. It was the nerve centre of the railway for nearly a century and at one time more than 2,500 clerks were employed in its huge offices near Euston Station in London.

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VerlagTaylor & Francis Ebooks
EinbandAdobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Seitenangabe346 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
Auflage22001 A. 1. Auflage
PlattformEPUB
AutorBagwell, Philip S.

Über den Autor Philip S. Bagwell

Philip S. Bagwell was an eminent British transport and labour historian. On these subjects, he had been consultant to the BBC for schools history TV Broadcasts. He spent his teaching career at the Polytechnic of Central London, now the University of Westminster. His main academic contribution was in the field of British railway history. His first book, published in 1963, was a commissioned history of a trade union Railwaymen: A History of the NUR.G. E. Mingay was Emeritus Professor of Agrarian History at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He served as the President of the British Agricultural History Society. His other works include The Victorian Countryside (1981) and The Transformation of Britain, 1830-1939 (1986) and The Unquiet Countryside (1989).

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