Portrait of an Industrial City

Clanging Belfast 1750-1914

Stephen Royle

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Ulster Historical Foundation
01 November 2011

Industrialisation & industrial history; Shipbuilding industry

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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 aspect of the urban past that cannot be recreated. However, the industrial city has left other remembrances, from many buildings which still grace the post-industrial city, to the humdrum details of citizens' lives revealed in newspapers,

By: Stephen Royle
Imprint: Ulster Historical Foundation
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781908448064
ISBN 10: 1908448067
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 01 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active