London's Industrial Heritage
Details:
- Author(s) Marshall, Geoff B
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2013
- Pages 255pp; illus
- Publisher History Press
- Place Published Stroud
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Short profiles of the history of individual industries arranged in four sections: 'Public Utilities'; 'Manufacturing'; 'Transport'; 'Other industries'. Covers, inter alia: gas; telecoms and post; water supply; Thames Barrier; bell founding; candle making; chemical industry; engineering; footwear making; furniture making, glass making; leather making; matchmaking; pottery making; papermaking; shipbuilding; canals; docks; railways; brewing; coal trade; building. Contains much on individual businesses.