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Henry Booth. Inventor - Partner in The Rocket and The Father of Railway Management.

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Henry Booth (1789-1869) Secretary and Treasurer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, partner with the Stephensons in the development of the 'Rocket' and responsible for the tubular 'Rocket' boiler ... due to his efforts that G.M.T. was adopted throughout the country. Henry Booth was the author's great-great uncle.
Dealer Notes
# 14337
Author Booth, Henry.
Date 1980.
Binding Hard cover in dust jacket.
Publisher Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., Ilfracombe UK.
Illustrator 11 black and white photographic illustrations. Line illustrations in the text. End paper maps.
Condition The book good and clean. The dust jacket stained and marked.
Pages 232pp. 21cm.

Price: £10.00

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