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Product Description: A striking photographic record of how the Beeching cuts and modernisation saw our grand terminal stations, soaring viaducts and cavernous locomotive works wiped from the landscape The current restoration of St Pancras Station and its Midland Hotel is a glorious exception to a melancholy rule – that the finer our railway architecture, the more likely it was to be demolished in the name of progress...read more

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9781781313329, titled "Britain's Lost Railways: The Twentieth-Century Destruction of Our Finest Railway Architecture" | Aurum Pr Ltd, November 1, 2014, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: A striking photographic record of how the Beeching cuts and modernisation saw our grand terminal stations, soaring viaducts and cavernous locomotive works wiped from the landscape The current restoration of St Pancras Station and its Midland Hotel is a glorious exception to a melancholy rule – that the finer our railway architecture, the more likely it was to be demolished in the name of progress.
9781845134501, titled "Britain's Lost Railways: The Twentieth-Century Destruction of Our Finest Railway Architecture" | Aurum Pr Ltd, November 1, 2011, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: A striking photographic record of how industry cuts and modernization saw Britain's grand terminal stations, soaring viaducts, and cavernous locomotive works wiped from the landscape Filled with fascinating and often rare imagse, this collection documents the remarkably rich architectural heritage of British railways, from quaint country halts to distinguished railway hotels—all of which exists now only in photographs.

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Product Description: The arrival of aerial photography came at a particularly significant moment in terms of the visual appearance of England. This selection of photographs makes use of the Aerofilms collection, acquired by English Heritage in 2007 and subsequently digitised and made available on the Britain from Above website...read more

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9781848020870 | English Heritage, February 28, 2014, cover price $70.00 | About this edition: The arrival of aerial photography came at a particularly significant moment in terms of the visual appearance of England.

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Product Description: When the motor car first came to England in the 1890s, it was a luxury item with little practical purpose—drivers couldn't travel very far or quickly without paved roads or traffic laws. Thus began a transformation that has affected the architecture, infrastructure, and even the natural environment of the country...read more

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9780300187045 | Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies, February 5, 2013, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: When the motor car first came to England in the 1890s, it was a luxury item with little practical purpose—drivers couldn't travel very far or quickly without paved roads or traffic laws.

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By Ruth Harman, Roger Harper (contributor) and John Minnis

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9780300105858 | Yale Univ Pr, January 11, 2005, cover price $40.00

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