02406nam 2200469 450 991015742000332120230725040200.01-908448-14-8(CKB)2670000000521885(EBL)1620971(SSID)ssj0001112958(PQKBManifestationID)12428897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112958(PQKBWorkID)11166367(PQKB)11020877(MiAaPQ)EBC1620971(EXLCZ)99267000000052188520180730d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPortrait of an industrial city "clanging Belfast", 1750-1914 /Stephen A. RoyleBelfast :Ulster Historical Foundation,[2011]©20111 online resource (275 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-908448-06-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.Portrait of an Industrial City; Preface: 'Clanging Belfast'; 1 'The town broke loose': growth; 2 'A permanent and profitable channel of industrial enterprise'; 3 A 'saturnalia of bigotry and ruffianism': street life and politics; 4 'The inhabitants of this town are industrious and careful. But methinks not so sociable as in other places'; Postscript: Belfast in 1914: 'really a wonder'?; Selected Bibliography; Index Clanging: Belfast in its industrial pomp must have been noisy: shipyards manipulating sheets of metal, the constant riveting being only one source of racket; the endless clatter from linen mills, the screeching of trams on unyielding rails, sirens and hooters marking time at the factories. There were steam trains and steam engines in addition to horses' hooves beating on the streets. The rumbustious, often riotous, eternally spirited Belfast people packed into the terraced houses as well as the alleys would have added their din, especially around the drinking dens. The noise is gone, one asBelfast (Northern Ireland)History941.6/7081Royle Stephen A(Stephen Arthur),307209MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157420003321Portrait of an industrial city2879169UNINA