Pleasure Boating on the Thames

A History of Salter Bros, 1858-Present Day

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding, History, British
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Author: Simon Wenham ISBN: 9780750958622
Publisher: The History Press Publication: May 5, 2014
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Simon Wenham
ISBN: 9780750958622
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: May 5, 2014
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

During the Victorian period, the river Thames underwent a dramatic transformation from a great commercial highway into a vast pleasure-stream. This book traces these changes through the history of the firm that did more to popularize pleasure boating on the waterway than any other. The firm of Salters' 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. This illustrated history sheds lights on 150 years of social change, how leisure developed on the waterway (connected with the rise of camping), as well as how a family firm coped with the changes wrought by industrialization.

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During the Victorian period, the river Thames underwent a dramatic transformation from a great commercial highway into a vast pleasure-stream. This book traces these changes through the history of the firm that did more to popularize pleasure boating on the waterway than any other. The firm of Salters' 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. This illustrated history sheds lights on 150 years of social change, how leisure developed on the waterway (connected with the rise of camping), as well as how a family firm coped with the changes wrought by industrialization.

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