Название: Commuter City: How the Railways Shaped London
Автор: David Wragg
Издательство: Wharncliffe
ISBN: 1845631099
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 3,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

On the eve of the railway age, London was the world’s largest and most populous city – and one of the most congested. Traffic-clogged roads and tightly packed buildings meant that travel across the city was tortuous, time-consuming and unpleasant. Then came the railways. They transformed the city and set it on a course of extraordinary development that created the metropolis of the present day.