Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern EnglandRobert William Rennison This guide covers the northern counties of England, from the border with Scotland to the southern extremities of South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside - as well as the Isle of Man. It describes the many examples of these regions' civil engineering heritage: the best of many types of structure; works which played a major role in development of these areas; and those which achieve some special aesthetic qualtiy. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Northumberland | 2 |
Tyne and Wear | 38 |
County Durham and Cleveland | 71 |
Cumbria | 102 |
York and North Yorkshire | 132 |
South and West Yorkshire | 162 |
Lancashire and the Isle of Man | 204 |
Merseyside and Greater Manchester | 230 |
Additional sites | 271 |
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