Traffic and Transport. An economic history of Pickfords
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- Author(s) Turnbull, Gerard L
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1979
- Pages 196pp; illus
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Place Published London
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- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly account derived from a doctoral thesis - 'Pickfords, 1750-1920. A study in the development of transportation', Glasgow, 1973. Provides a history of the firm and, more generally, an account of inland freight transport. Chapters include: 'The background - the road carrying trade'; 'The business established'; 'Back from the brink, 1800-47'; 'Pickfords and road transport, 1750-1850'; 'Pickfords canal carrier, 1785-1850'; 'Railways, 1825-47 - hopes raised and dashed'; 'The railway agent, 1847-1900'; 'Rail, road and reconstruction, 1900-33'; 'From railway ownership to nationalisation'. Appendices include profits analysis from 1817