Mining is Britain’s oldest industry, and this book tells the story of the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. Geographically the book covers the regions of Devon and
This is the story of the men who built Britain’s canals and railways—not the engineers and the administrators, but the ones who provided the brawn and muscle. There had never been a workforce like the
Britain's landscape is rich with buildings and relics of the working lives of earlier generations. Organized by region, with inset maps and rich color photographs, Guide to Britain's Working Past prov
This is the story of how a change in how iron was made in the 18th century changed the world forever, and of the men and women who made it happen. The production of iron around 700BC was so important
Revealing the many guises of the steam engine, and how it changed over time to revolutionize British industrial historyThis is the story of a machine that began as a crude device used only for pumping
