Barrow-In-Furness Reflections

by Gill Jepson

The Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness was transformed by industrial expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries leading to it becoming a centre for ship and submarine building. Located at the tip of a peninsula, with rich and varied natural environment, the townscape is surrounded by sea, and beyond that the Lakeland hills, while the protective arms of Walney Island provide a natural channel and harbour. Nature sits alongside industry and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398104345
• ISBN13: 9781398104341
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages