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Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Christian Wolmar
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03 - Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)

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London hosts a dozen major railway stations, more than any comparable city. King's Cross, St Pancras, Euston, Marylebone, Paddington, Victoria, Charing Cross, C
The Subterranean Railway
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Christian Wolmar
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-01 - Publisher: Atlantic Books

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Since the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision
London's Great Railway Stations
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Oliver Green
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-23 - Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

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A lavish photographic history of all the key railway stations of London for transport buffs and anyone interested in the rich history of London.
Sky-High
Language: en
Pages: 211
Authors: Eric P. Nash
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-27 - Publisher: Chronicle Books

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Part architectural guidebook and part critique, Sky-High documents the pencil-thin, supertall towers that are transforming New York City's skyline as well as it
Blood, Iron, and Gold
Language: en
Pages: 428
Authors: Christian Wolmar
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-02 - Publisher: PublicAffairs

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The opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. Within the course of a decade, tracks were being laid as