Transport, 1700-1900

Key Issues

Titles

Chapters

• Canal engineers including Brindley, the problems they faced and how they resolved them
• case study of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
• Changes in leisure: spa towns and seaside resorts; prize - fighting to association football
• developments in transport
• Financing the canal network: Bridgewater
• Financing the canal network: Wedgwood
• Growth of railways
• Industrialisation and the need for improved transport
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel
• Opposition and support; the different reaction to railways of individuals and groups
• Opposition to early railways
• Problems faced in railway construction
• Railway mania
• The benefits and problems of the turnpike system. 'Rebecca riots'
• The demand for improved transport
• The development of a canal network and the work of canal developers, eg, Bridgwater
• The development of a canal network and the work of canal developers, eg, Brindley
• The development of a canal network and the work of canal developers, eg, Telford
• The development of railways and their impact on society
• The economic benefits and disadvantages of canals for developing industry
• The effects of the growth of railways on agriculture
• The effects of the growth of railways on canal transport
• The effects of the growth of railways on different social groups
• The effects of the growth of railways on industry
• The effects of the growth of railways on road transport
• the effects of the Mines Act (1842) on working conditions and employment of women and children
• The growth of a national railway network
• The growth of the railway system: reasons for its growth and different reactions to the development of railways
• the impact of canals on agriculture
• the impact of canals on industry
• the impact of canals on society
• the impact of developments in transport on agriculture
• the impact of developments in transport on industry
• the impact of developments in transport on society and leisure
• The impact of railways on British people and their way of life to 1850
• The impact of the Act of 1844
• The impact of turnpike trusts and road engineers (eg Metcalf, Telford and Macadam)
• The importance of labour and capital in the achievement of railway construction
• The interrelationship between industry and developing transport systems
• The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
• The nature and problems of road travel and water transport in the early eighteenth century
• The need for improved links with Ireland, Wales and Scotland
• The need for the growth of the railway system up to 1851
• The parish system of road repair and its disadvantages
• The problems of transport and communication in the middle of the eighteenth century
• The railways as an agent of change and as a means of communication
• The reactions to the railways of different individuals and groups
• The reasons for the growth of the railway system
• the role of Brunel
• The role of George Stephenson
• The role of individuals and groups in the development and building of the railways
• The role of individuals in this; engineers
• The role of individuals in this; navvies
• The role of individuals in this; speculators
• the role of Stephenson
• the role of the state
• The significance of the work of the great road engineers, Macadam
• The significance of the work of the great road engineers, Metcalf
• The significance of the work of the great road engineers, Telford
• The significance of the work of the great road engineers, Wade in Scotland
• The social, economic and political results of the coming of the railways
• The social, economic, political and cultural impact of the railways on different groups and on Britain as a whole
• The Stockton to Darlington Railway
• The work of Brunel
• The work of the Stephensons