L T C Rolt was an engineer and pioneer of industrial history; in
this book he combined these two passions to give us a fascinating
account of the men who 'made' Britain. From Brunel to Telford, he
takes us on a journey from the first railway tracks being laid down
to bridges spanning hitherto unimagined lengths, through to the
'invention' and mastery of the gas and electricity, which we take
for granted today. The Victorians were at the forefront of modern
technology in their time, but often came to see it as a blight on
their landscape and struggled to adapt to the fast pace of this new
industrial era. In this book, Rolt not only examines the creations
that made Britain's empire great, but also how the age of optimism
turned to one of disillusionment with many of our inventors finding
fame and fortune abroad. This unrivalled insight into our
industrial heritage is compulsory reading for anyone wanting to
appreciate the foundations on which our modern lives were built.
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