CROYDON TRAMWAYS INCLUDING THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS & LIGHTING COMPANY
Written by Robert J. Harley
Published by Capital Transport
in 2004
ISBN: 185414278X
CROYDON TRAMWAYS INCLUDING THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS & LIGHTING COMPANY
Written by Robert J. Harley.
Stock no. 1824834
1st.
2004.
Hardback.
Large format.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A history of Trams in the Croydon Area from 1879 to 1951. Large format. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 185414278X. Boards a little grubby at edges. Damp to lower gutter causing pages to stick together, some surface paper damage resulting (minor). Yellow pictorial dustwrapper faint dampstain along bottom edge.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction and Acknowledgements
- 1 Dawn of the Tramway Era
- 2 Civic Pride or Private Profit?
- 3 New Lines
- 4 Parting of the Ways
- 5 Pastures New
- 6 Rolling Stock
- 7 Consolidation
- 8 A Trip Back in Time
- 9 Shoulders to the Wheel
- 10 Look! No Rails!
- 11 Through Running
- 12 Trials and Tribulations
- 13 Life on the Trams
- 14 London Transport
- 15 Trolleybuses and Felthams
- 16 Croydon in the Front Line
- 17 End of the Road
- 18 A Long Wait