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Peter Lee

Status:   In Stock

  •  Publication Date    2024
    Format & Edition    Paperback, First Edition
    Pagination    22 Pages, 34 Illustrations
    Condition   New
    Genre    Mining & Industrial Heritage


Rails Amongst the Pots: Stanley Brothers Railway System by Peter Lee.

Reginald Stanley returned back to the UK in 1866 after makimg his fortune in the American gold rush. He purchased a brick making business in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Over the next couple of decades Stanley Brothers Ltd expanded the brick making business as well as venturing into coal mining and engineering.

This publication provides details of the railway system employed by Stanley Brothers Ltd, the locomotives used including those in Warwickshire and Charity Colliery Bedworth, and rolling stock.

Illustrated including images of individual locomotives and wagons.