The History of Morecambe and Heysham Past and Present

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A final chapter focuses on viaducts across the rivers Leven, Kent and Beela, the first two now the two most prominent features of the bay. This book looks at these achievements as well as a long and fascinating pedigree, beginning with perilous foot crossings of the bay which for centuries formed the main route to Furness. They capture its remarkable natural history, industrial (and military) heritage and social history: revealing that places are never just one thing but layers coexisting and connecting through time. The Seldom Seen series of maps have been developed by Art Gene working with Morecambe Bay Partnership. He lives at Silverdale, overlooking Morecambe Bay. He is a founder member of the RCHS, its first secretary, and now a vice-president. Next, I pore through hundreds, sometimes thousands, of maps to find the meagre handful that are good enough to add to my collection here at The Unique Maps Co. Gordon Biddle has written fourteen books on railway civil engineering and architecture as well as inland waterways. Softback, 64 pages including 59 illustrations (21 in colour) There is a profuse selection of illustrations, many of which portray structures still surviving from a former heyday.