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The Public Carriages of Great Britain; A Glance at the Rise, Progress, Struggles & Burthens of Railways, Steam Vessels, Omnibuses with an Appendix Con

The Public Carriages of Great Britain; A Glance at the Rise, Progress, Struggles & Burthens of Railways, Steam Vessels, Omnibuses with an Appendix Con


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855. Excerpt: ... in London, were a complete failure; they killed the horses, they were cumbrous and unwieldy in the extreme, and in speed could not approach the improved carriage; they had patronage, because they were cheaper than the old hackney carriage; but it was not until the London coach builder had made a vehicle for our streets, that omnibuses became at all numerous. With all its imperfections as to height and width, before the narrow guage make is condemned for not giving as much head and knee room as the Glasgow or present Paris build, the dimensions of London streets should be looked to. The coach architect, like the steam-boat engineer, has to consult his load, stream, road and crowded thoroughfares; three-abreast or four-horse vehicles, would not be tolerated here: nine-tenths of the vehicles have to find entrance into the City, and there is the difficulty for large carriages. Were all the omnibus stations at such spacious places as Finsbury Circus, the Marble Arch, the Elephant and Castle, or the Angel, it would make a difference--but the central transit exceeds by a great ratio that in the outlying districts, and travellers would not yield to change of vehicles--they require to be carried right on to their destination in the City in the same carriage, and thus the Holloway or Maida Hill omnibuses have to be adapted to the City. Three or four broad guage Glasgow omnibuses, with their three-abreast horses, requiring for the wheels a width of roadway of 7 feet, would, if they ran into the City, cause a blockade in a few hours; two could not pass each other through Temple Bar--in the Poultry, and at the corner of St. Paul's, they would not permit another vehicle to pass between them--in Newgate Street there would scarcely be safety space for one Hansom's cab be...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781235617607
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235617602
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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