Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts

Engineering & Transportation

Stephen-Halliday

Transportation

David & Charles, Ltd.

"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: London" is a unique collection of strange laws, heroic deeds, surprising revelations and other quirky stories that have shaped the unique history of Britain's capital. London's long history is an extraordinarily rich source of amazing facts, whether your interest is political, social, architectural or historical, you will find a variety of topics in this alternative guide to London. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

London (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

Which Business?: Tested Ideas for Profitable Business

Business & Money

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Kogan Page, Ltd.

In the sweltering summer of 1858 the stink of sewage from the oulluted Thames was so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of Commons. Sewage from over two million Londoners was carried to and fro by the tides. "The Times" called the crisis "The Great Stink". Parliament had to act - drastic measures were required to clean the Thames and to improve London's primitive system of sanitation. The engineer entrusted by Parliament with this enormous task was Sir Joseph Bazalgette, and this book is an account of his life and work. The author traces Bazalgette's origins in revolutionary France, the confusing sanitation system that he inherited from medieval and Tudor times and his battle with politicians, bureaucrats and huge engineering problems to transform the face and health of the world's largest city.

The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

History

Europe

Sutton Pub Ltd

The Essential History Of Rangers [Hardcover] by Stephen Halliday

Headline

A unique look at the transformation of Victorian London into the world's first metropolis through the lives of eight men who stamped their mark on the capital. - Halliday is the author of the best-selling The Great Stink of London (over 30,000 copies sold). - Author PR; features in the Evening Standard, Metro, BBC History Magazine and the national press; banner posters available. In 1801 the population of London was almost one million. A century later, on the death of Queen Victoria, it had passed six million, and the city had been transformed. Stephen Halliday's beautifully illustrated new book shows how the ramshackle collection of communities that entered the nineteenth century became the world's first metropolis. This amazing story is told through the lives of eight men who created the Victorian capital. John Nash defined the modern West End with his 'New Street' (Regent Street) between the farm at Regent's Park and the swamp at St James's. Marc Brunel invented the tunnelling shield that made the underground railways possible. Thomas Cubitt built houses for aristocrats in Belgravia and homes for the middle classes at Pimlico and Bloomsbury. Sir Charles Barry built the New Palace of Westminster to replace the charred ruins of the old one. Sir Joseph Paxton designed the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the profits of which enabled Alfred Waterhouse to build the Natural History Museum and thus begin the South Kensington museums. Sir Joseph Bazalgette built the sewers, streets and parks that made the metropolis a safe place to live, and Sir Edward Watkin, chairman of the Metropolitan Railway, began the process that created the suburbs of Metroland and elsewhere. Stephen Halliday's portraits of these remarkable men give a fascinating insight into the diversity of their careers and achievements. They created the imperial capital from which Victoria ruled over the greatest empire the world had ever seen.

Making the Metropolis : Creators of Victoria's London

Breedon Books

This is a unique collection of strange laws, heroic deeds, surprising revelations and other quirky stories that have shaped the unique history of Britain's capital. London's long history is an extraordinarily rich source of amazing facts, whether your interest is political, social, architectural or historical.

GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006

<p>A fascinating reference to the history of the London Underground that reveals new insights into the history of the iconic transport system. Discover tales of the first lines and the steam trains that ran along them, abandoned ghost stations, or the latest facts on Crossrail - the perfect gift for commuters, tourists and railway enthusiasts alike.</p>

London Underground (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

A unique collection of surprising revelations, heroic deeds and other quirky pieces of trivia from the conflicts that have shaped London's fascinating past. From British wartime commanders and other characters who called London their home, through the privations of war and their social impact, to the devastation caused by the Blitz.

London at War (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

Military

Rydon Publishing

<p>Whether you want to learn about the teenager's skeleton from 1550 BC found at Stonehenge, explore the history of Britain's favourite beverages, tea and coffee, or discover how taxation on windows coined the expression `daylight robbery', there is something for every enthusiast to dip into.</p>

Great Britain (Amazing and Extraordinary)

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Books by Stephen-Halliday

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Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts

London (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

Which Business?: Tested Ideas for Profitable Business

The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

The Essential History Of Rangers [Hardcover] by Stephen Halliday

Making the Metropolis : Creators of Victoria's London

London (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

London Underground (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

London at War (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

Great Britain (Amazing and Extraordinary)