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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… after the Talbot family, of Margam. In November 1847, a steam communication was established between Aberavon and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… trade and for exportation. There is a factory worked by steam, for manufacturing a thin kind of linen-sheeting, … for bringing a supply from the river Dee, and steam-engines erected at the north end of the bridge of Dee, … near the town, of which the machinery was driven by steam; and there are now three extensive establishments for …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… new buildings and installed new machinery, including steam engines, and, having bankrupted himself, 91 was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the farms are threshing-mills, of which many are driven by steam. Comparatively little attention has been paid to the … crossed with the Teeswater. Since the introduction of steam navigation, large quantities have been sent to London, … is also constant communication with Edinburgh, by means of steam-boats plying on the Forth, throughout the whole year. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… on the first section of its new Birmingham line, using steam-powered motor cars. 58 The one regular station, at Park … interchange between the Central London and the G.W.R.'s steam service. The G.W.R. itself provided workmen's trains … confined its suburban activities to freight, running its steam trains on separate tracks. In the south part of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… scouring blankets and counterpanes. 53 By 1873 it was the steam laundry of Rush & Co., 54 later renamed the Empire Steam Laundry and owned by F. A. Baldwin. It was a jam and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… north side of High Street at the bottom of Acton hill. A steam fire engine was bought and an engineer employed, helped …