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Sto caricando le informazioni... Pleasure steamersdi Andrew Gladwell
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Another excellent little book from the Shire Library. Profusely illustrated, it is a pity that some great photographs were not identified in the captions or text - where is that extraordinary pier on page 7, what is the identity of the paddle steamer on page 21 (and a few other captions similarly)? Better editing would have avoided unnecessary repetition on a number of pages and better proof reading mistakes in the index.. Nevertheless, this is a good short history of some 200 years of pleasure steamers - paddle steamers and more modern vessels - and I hope that it inspires the reader to take a day trip on board one of the remaining vessels that ply the British coast in late spring and summer months. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
The first commercial paddle steamer was the Comet of 1812. Soon competitive steamer services developed, resulting in bigger and more magnificent vessels, and before long no seaside resort was complete without a pleasure steamer moored alongside the pier. By the 1970s, however, the ships had almost all disappeared and now only three remain in service - Waverley, Balmoral and Kingswear Castle - delighting a new generation of daytrippers. Andrew Gladwell gives us a wonderful glimpse into the bygone age when a pleasure steamer trip was an essential part of countless seaside holidays, and outlines the ongoing efforts to preserve what remains of pleasure steamer heritage in Britain. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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