  | CHAPTER | PAGE | | I. | Introductory | 1 | | II. | Britain's Earliest Roads | 4 | | III. | Roads and the Church | 11 | | IV. | Early Trading Conditions | 15 | | V. | Early Road Legislation | 28 | | VI. | Early Carriages | 35 | | VII. | Loads, Wheels and Roads | 43 | | VIII. | The Coaching Era | 51 | | IX. | The Age of Bad Roads | 64 | | X. | The Turnpike System | 77 | | XI. | Trade and Transport in the Turnpike Era | 85 | | XII. | Scientific Road-making | 98 | | XIII. | Rivers and River Transport | 108 | | XIV. | River Improvement and Industrial Expansion | 128 | | XV. | Disadvantages of River Navigation | 150 | | XVI. | The Canal Era | 165 | | XVII. | The Industrial Revolution | 186 | | XVIII. | Evolution of the Railway | 195 | | XIX. | The Railway Era | 222 | | XX. | Railway Expansion | 242 | | XXI. | Railways and the State | 258 | | XXII. | Decline of Canals | 294 | | XXIII. | Decline of Turnpikes | 312 | | XXIV. | End of the Coaching Era | 325 | | XXV. | Railway Rates and Charges | 335 | | XXVI. | The Railway System To-day | 359 | | XXVII. | What the Railways have Done | 385 | | XXVIII. | Railways a National Industry | 405 | | XXIX. | Tramways, Motor-buses and Rail-less Electric Traction | 453 | | XXX. | Cycles, Motor-vehicles and Tubes | 472 | | XXXI. | The Outlook | 494 | | Authorities | 514 | | Index | 522 |
A HISTORY OF INLAND TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
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