Ore imports and port competition: A Cumbrian struggle for supremacy

Journal of Transport History

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-37

  Todd, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumberland; Imports; Infrastructure; Iron; Ports

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); IMPORT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; IRON ORE; PORT TRADE; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND (CUMBRIA); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037368746     PISSN: 00225266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/TJTH.24.1.3     Document Type: Article

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