Transport Curiosities, 1850–1950

Weird and Wonderful Ways of Travelling by Road, Rail, Air and Sea

New Hardback Illustrated

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A railway carriage on stilts that carried passengers over water, the one-wheeled Dynasphere, a wooden submarine loaded with a ticking bomb, a sidecar that converted into a canoe – this illustrated volume delves into the peculiarities of transport history, presenting ideas that never got off the drawing board as well as some that, despite their eccentricity, were built and functioned.

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