Pleasure Boating on the Thames - A History of Salter Bros, 1858-Present Day (Paperback)

The River Thames above London underwent a dramatic transformation during the Victorian period, from a great commercial highway into a vast conduit of pleasure. Pleasure Boating on the Thames traces these changes through the history of the firm that did more than any other on the waterway to popularise recreational boating. Salter Bros began as a small boat-building enterprise in Oxford and went on to gain worldwide fame, not only as the leading racing boat constructor, but also as one of the largest rental craft and passenger boat operators in the country. Simon Wenham's illustrated history sheds light on over 150 years of social change, how leisure developed on the waterway (including the rise of camping), as well as how a family firm coped with the changes brought about by industrialisation - a business that, today, still carries thousands of passengers a year.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	July 2014
Authors:	Simon Wenham
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-5833-2
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Ships & shipping: general interest > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Transport industries > Shipping industries > General
LSN:	0-7509-5833-2
Barcode:	9780750958332

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