The golden age of coaching came between 1815 and 1840 as great road improvements occurred allowing trams, carts and buggies to be towed by horses comfortably. As companies vied for market share, one man stood out above the rest. William Turton made his money as a Hay and Corn Merchant but is better known as a founder and long-time chairman of Leeds Tramways Company and with the Busby brothers, founder and director of horse tramways in ten of the largest cities of northern England. It is an exciting mixture of biography, social history and city politics.
- ISBN10 0750963158
- ISBN13 9780750963152
- Publish Date 27 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 July 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The History Press Ltd
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 288
- Language English