Liverpool Transport, Vol. 1: 1830-1900

"Liverpool Transport" is considered the finest study yet published of the development of public street transport in a major British city. Volume 1 begins with the stage coaches and railway omnibuses of the 1830s and takes the story forward through the era of city horse buses and trams to the electrification of the tramways between 1898 and 1901. Experiments with steam, compressed air, cable haulage and accumulators are examined, as is the two-year use of pagoda-roofed German single-deck trams and trailers. The book's most valuable feature is the light it shines on the everyday working and financial worries of a large, horse-drawn street tramway in this regard, it has served as a model for other historical studies of city transport in England and abroad. With black and white photos, maps, diagrams, etc. This second edition (1995) adds photos and a few updated facts to the original edition. 152 pages.