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The Tramways of Kent, Volume 1
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The Tramways of Kent, Volume 1

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West Kent

This book is the first of two volumes that together will describe the tramway systems which once existed in the County of Kent, the "Garden of England". It contains full histories of the tramways at Gravesend, Chatham, Sheerness and Maidstone (including Maid- stone trolleybuses) and mentions the unfulfilled plans to join them up.

Volume 2 will deal with East Kent and both books are fully illustrated, with track maps, sketches and rolling stock schedules.

The tramway era forms an im- portant chapter in urban develop- ment and in Kent as elsewhere, tram routes built in the Edwardian years established a pattern of housing development which is still clearly evident in the towns described. The three aspects of tramways-social, technical and financial are here brought together into a fascinating glimpse into the not so distant past.

Hardback with dust jacket, 14x22cm, 176 pages, 58 black & white photographs, 7 maps, 9 sketches

Condition: Good/Very Good

ISBN: 9780900433382