Horse-Drawn Transport in Leeds: William Turton, Corn Merchant and Tramway Entrepreneur by Andrew Turton

Horse-Drawn Transport in Leeds: William Turton, Corn Merchant and Tramway Entrepreneur

Andrew Turton

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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William Turton (1825 1900) became the most experienced and respected developer of urban transport in northern England. Turton began a hay dealership at age 19, becoming a large-scale corn, fodder, and coal merchant. He invested in livery stables, ...

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