THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TAMAR VALLEY.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+.Owner's neat,blue inked name+ date to top,left-hand corner of front pastedown - hidden behind dw/dj's front,inner flap - but no price- clip to dw/dj.Clean,blue+black and b/w photographic illustrated upper panel with black lettering,b/w publisher's advert for other titles in series to a lightly grubbed rear panel; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Small closed tear to foot of rear spine/backstrip's gutter edge - without loss; small nick to top of same - with minimal loss.Some light rubbing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and to some corners.Top edge coloured blue,fore-edges uncoloured and bright and clean; contents clean and crisp,bright,tight,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-303pp [paginated] includes separate contents,b/w plates and b/w diagrams lists/tables,Pt 1(12 chapters+ notes & references) & Pt2 (comprising Gazetteer,biblio notes,
acknowledgements,appendices(3) and an index),33pp of mixture of contemporary b/w scenic photographs+b/w maps/illus (52 in total) throughout the text.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and Pts separator pages.Described hard,but fairly and honestly - the dw/dj being the most adversely affected - but much less so than previously listed book from same series - see rja484414 - between book+dw/dj.
The River Tamar,the boundary between Devon and Cornwall,was once the busiest trade highways in Southern England.On its banks was situated a thriving industrial community,diverse,colourful and vital.
Minerals abounded: copper,tin,silver,wolfram and many others have been extracted,the famous Devon Great Consols being at one time the richest copper mine in Europe.It later provided half the world's arsenic supply.
Railways,a notable early canal,paddle steamers,market gardening, lime burning,and the bustling river quays which handled the resultant traffic are described,and their engineering and economic problems assessed,in this careful and lucid study.
Industry and agriculture were closely connected in the Valley,forming part of an industrial complex that is now entirely shattered.By the first world war nearly a quarter of the working population had emigrated. The Tamar has since remained deserted,its traffic killed by rail and road transport.Its unusual and varied scenery is among the least known in Britain,and hitherto its extraordinary industrial past has been hardly known outside the South West.
This book,like the others in this well-established series of standard works,includes a gazetteer listing and describing the industrial remains which may be seen today - a rich and picturesque collection.
This is a story of fortunes and disasters,of determination - such as in the building early last century of a two-mile canal tunnel,then the longest tunnel of any kind in the country - and of working conditions in an isolated and unique community.Illustrated with half- tones,maps and b/w line drawings.
See also,rja484414 for another title from the same series.
A popular title from the 'The Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles'; a 3- part series,the first group of books, edited by Dr E.R.R. Green, consisting of regional history and eventually covering the whole of the British Isles.The second group of volumes examines smaller areas in greater detail.
Finally,there are volumes on specific subjects.All books have the same format and are uniform.
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