Benjamin Outram 1764-1805 : An Engineering Biography
Benjamin Outram 1764-1805 : An Engineering Biography | Rare and modern books | Schofield, R. B.
Benjamin Outram 1764-1805 : An Engineering Biography
Benjamin Outram 1764-1805 : An Engineering Biography | Rare and modern books | Schofield, R. B.
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Details
- Year of publication
- 2000
- ISBN
- 1898937427
- Place of printing
- Cardiff, Wales
- Author
- Schofield, R. B.
- Publishers
- Merton Priory Press
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.25 inches
- Edition
- First Edition
- Keyword
- Biography, Engineer, Railways, Canals, Tunnels
- Cover description
- Very Good
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- True
Description
Previous owner's stamp inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and small bump to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tiny tear/rubbing to upper edge. 340pp. Biography of Benjamin Outram, who was a leading engineer of the early Industrial Revolution. He only lived 41 years but in this time he worked on the canal systems of Derby, Nottingham and Nutbrook in the East Midlands, the Ashton and Peak Forest Canal in the North West including the masterpiece Marple Aquduct, the Huddersfield Canal and the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal in South Wales. He also developed an improved system of horse-drawn railways.
