Transport and Communication
Here can be found material on all forms of transport from steam engines to trams and sailing ships. Transport engineering and famous engineers such as Brunel may also be found here.
Choose one of the following items:
- Around the World on Five Legs
- A map of the World showing Torbay as the first and only European stop. [HE/WMN 22-7-2002] ...
- Berry Head Lighthouse, Brixham
- 2 sailors keeping watch near the lighthouse. 1 sweeps the bay with a telescope. ...
- Great storm tragedy foreshadows daring deeds
- A brief introduction to the RNLI and the work of Lifeboats in and around Torbay, published ...
- Mayflower 2
- A sketch painting showing the building of the replica Mayflower 2. ...
- Patent No 148156
- One of the patents granted to Joe Shillito, an engineer who lived in Brixham after he left ...
- Richard Walter Wolston (1799 - 1883)
- Through the determined efforts of Wolston to build a railway link, the trade in fish from ...
