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The building of railways has had a profound but largely ignored physical impact on Britain’s coasts. This book explores the coming of railways to the edge of Britain, the ruthlessness of the companies involved and the transformation of our coasts through the destruction or damage to the environment.

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 31/01/2015
      ISBN13: 9780748697618, 978-0748697618
      ISBN10: 0748697616
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      Book Synopsis

      The building of railways has had a profound but largely ignored physical impact on Britain’s coasts. This book explores the coming of railways to the edge of Britain, the ruthlessness of the companies involved and the transformation of our coasts through the destruction or damage to the environment.

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