The Industrial Archaeology of Northern IrelandA major study of the growth and decline of transport and industry in Ulster, this extremely detailed and comprehensive book throws new light on the infrastructure of corn grinding, spade forging, paper making, and other industries, and examines the mechanics of early road, bridge, and canal construction, more than 850 photographs and charts are contained in this volume. |
Contents
Text figures | vii |
Tables | xxvii |
Introduction and acknowledgements | xxxvii |
Roads and Bridges I | xlvii |
Canals and Inland Navigations | 49 |
Railways | 95 |
Animal Wind and Water Power 223 | 11 |
Flax and Linen | 283 |
The Tyrone Coalfield 325 | 108 |
Conservation and Preservation 349 | 112 |
Common terms and phrases
19th century Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Bangor BCDR Belfast & County Belfast & Northern bleaching BNCR brick Bridge built cf pl coach coal Coalisland Coleraine collieries Comber construction Cookstown County Antrim County Armagh County Down Railway County Fermanagh County Londonderry County Tyrone Derry Donaghadee Downpatrick Drumglass Dublin Dundalk Dungannon early east Enniskillen extension flax flax-scutching former Foundry Foyle gearing harbour Holywood horizontal important Industrial Archaeology Irish railway Junction Lagan Larne Limavady Lisburn lock Lough Neagh Lower Bann machinery main line manufacture miles narrow gauge Newry Newtownards north of Ireland Northern Counties Railway Northern Ireland Omagh operated original passenger platform Portadown Portrush rail river road scutching shaft spinning steam engine stone Strabane Survey town townland traffic transport turbine turnpike Ulster Museum Ulster Railway Ulster Railway Company valley viaduct Vict cap water power waterwheel weaving wheel yarn