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Horse-Drawn Transport in Leeds

By Andrew Turton

9780750961769

ISBN: 9780750961769

Published: 27-01-2015


Horse-Drawn Transport in Leeds

By Andrew Turton

ISBN: 9780750961769

Published: 27-01-2015

About This Book

The golden age of coaching came between 1815 and 1840 as great road improvements occurred allowing trams, carts and buggies to be towed by horses comfortably. As companies vied for market share, one man stood out above the rest. William Turton made his money as a Hay and Corn Merchant but is better known as a founder and long-time chairman of Leeds Tramways Company and with the Busby brothers, founder and director of horse tramways in ten of the largest cities of northern England. It is an exciting mixture of biography, social history and city politics.

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