Barrow-In-Furness at Work: People and Industries Through the Years

by Gill Jepson

In the early nineteenth century Barrow-in-Furness was a small village of 200 people, but within forty years its population had risen to almost 50,000. It became a hive of Victorian enterprise and industry and gained an almost frontier reputation, coining the nickname 'the Chicago of the North'. The discovery of iron ore and subsequent opening of the Furness Railway led to the development and growth of shipbuilding for which Barrow is famous. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445670038
• ISBN13: 9781445670034
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"