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A quite impossible proposal : how not to build a railway

Drummond, Andrew, 1952-2020
Books, Manuscripts
This title tells the whole sorry tale of the attempt to improve transportation in the north-west Highlands and the resulting government inquiries, set against the region's economic and social problems and civil unrest in the crofting communities. Stories, facts and figures have been unearthed from the archives of government departments and railway companies, from local people's letters and petitions, from contemporary newspapers and from the plans prepared for the hoped-for railways. Other unbuilt railways to the north-west coast are also described.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn Origin, 2020.
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781912476886 (pbk)
Dewey class:
385.0941150904386.0941385.0941
LC class:
HE245.Z7
Language:
English
BRN:
2658379
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