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1; 640170 - General hiring programme and tariff, June 1886. - 1886
01; 663352 - Time to go : a rapid transit system for Birmingham. - 1968
2; 226706 - Proposed Norwich to Yarmouth Ship Canal (and) Ship Canal across England with docks at Birmingham etc. Port. Maps (Norwich) 6pp. 1909. BOTTERILL (W.J.). - 1909
2; 489618 - BAGOT (T) Description of Bagot's patent lock for improving inland navigation. Dgms. 3pp. - 1815
02; 663023 - Report and statement of accounts.
2; 663459 - Five hundred boats in Birmingham : [impressions of the National rally of boats in Birmingham]. - 1969
2; 669452 - Droitwich dig-in : restoring an old canal [Droitwich canal]. - 1974
2; 779553 - A report on the proposal to celebrate the bi-centenary of the Birmingham Canal Navigations system, Summer 1969. - 1969
3; 424965 - Stoker (G.J.) The London & Birmingham Railway (1838 – 1898) From The Railway Magazine. Vol. 2. Illus. 1898. Railways. - 1898
6; 662680 - Introducing 150 years of Birmingham transport. - 1963
8; 392377 - Union of Post Office Workers. Birmingham Postal Branch. Local rules, 1923. 20pp. 1923. Post Office Workers (Union of), Birmingham District Council. - 1923
8; 392379 - Birmingham Postal Branch Benevolent Society. Rules. 8pp. c.1923. Post Office Workers (Union of), Birmingham District Council. - 1923
8; 662781 - The automatic telephone system in Birmingham. - 1930
8; 663266 - Birmingham Post Office radio tower : 1965. - 1965
8; 743867 - Birmingham : it all began with a dozen subscribers, the story of the growth of the telephone system in Birmingham. - 1964
09; 243157 - Mason's South Staffordshire tram guide and railway map. c.1890. Tramways. - 1890
12; 774114 - Discovering the Birmingham Road : (being the first half of the London Holyhead road). - 1968
13; 340440 - Birmingham-Wolverhampton Road. Opening ceremony by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 2nd November 1927. Official programme. Map. 18pp. 1927. Edward Albert Christian, Prince of Wales. Works relating to. - 1927
13; 661149 - Life on the motorway : [a brief account of the London-Birmingham motorway / with drawings by Leslie Carr]. - 1958
13; 662065 - The Ross Motorway. - 1960
13; 663518 - Motorways in the city [with references to Birmingham]. - 1969
14; 243102 - The City Arcades, Birmingham Limited. Prospectus. Illus. Plans. Forms. 8pp. 1897. Arcades. - 1897
15; 310817 - Birmingham City Police. Chief Constable's Office. Reprint from "The Saturday Evening Post" (U.S.A.) 4th February 1922. Stop & go, by a Traffic Officer. 20pp. 1924. Roads. - 1924
15; 770326 - Parking and transport in Birmingham : a report. - 1968
21; 518438 - Birmingham and London Junction Canal Petition. Minutes of the Committee on the Petition for leave to bring in the bill, for making a canal from the Stratford-on-Avon Canal Navigation, in Tamworth, in the county of Stafford to the Oxford Canal Navigation in Coombe, in the county of Warwick. 11pp. 1830. - 1830
21; 663264 - British waterways: recreation and amenity. - 1967
22; 87368 - Case in support of the Bill now depending in parliament for removing the Bar between the Birmingham and the Worcester and Birmingham canals. Map. 2pp. 1815. - 1815
23; 662610 - New bye laws of the Company of Proprietors of the Dudley Canal Navigation : [made at a General Assembly of the Company held at Dee's Royal Hotel in Birmingham] September 5, 1842. - 1842
23; 762502 - The Stourbridge canal : a cruising guide. - 1967
31; 72264 - Observations on the projected improvements to the town, in reference to the railways, by Common Sense. 12pp. 1838. Railways. - 1838
31; 662327 - Farewell to steam [locomotives on the Midland railways]. - 1960
31; 741796 - British railways in the second half of the twentieth century. 1, Town planning and the railway. - 1963
31; 741797 - British railways in the second half of the twentieth century. 2, Rationalisation and the railway. - 1964
32; 662652 - Birmingham, Harborne and Kidderminster railway : [application for leave to bring in a bill for the incorporation of company, etc.]. - 1889
33; 204512 - The Birmingham and North Warwickshire Railway. From Great Western Railway Magazine. Illus. 1908. SMITH (HAROLD D.). - 1908
33; 424965 - The London and Birmingham Railway (1838 - 1898) From The Railway Magazine Vol. 2. Illus. 1898. STOKER (GILBERT J.). - 1898
33; 662390 - Extracts from [minutes of] board meetings, 1833-35 / [transcribed by F.D. Smith]. - 1962
33; 663116 - Committees minutes ... - 1835-
33; 772544 - Extracts from the minutes of evidence given before the committee of the Lords on the London and Birmingham railway bill in 1832 shewing the great advantage to landowners and the public of this mode of communication in general. - 1833
35; 264798 - Moor Street Station, Birmingham. Illus. From Great Western Railway Magazine. 1916. Railways. - 1916
35; 743679 - London Midland Region electrification progress : reconstruction of Birmingham New Street [Station]. - 1964
36; 663524 - Open day at Tyseley M.P.D. Sunday, 29th September, 1968 : [a descriptive booklet]. - 1968
37; 339575 - Railways Act 1921. Ready reckoner for arriving at exceptional rates for retention after the "Appointed Day". Showing the difference of 5% and 40% below the standard charge for any rate from 2s. to 260s. 14pp. - 1927
37; 402853 - London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Combined rail and walking tours from Birmingham, Dudley Port, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Coventry. List of tickets issued daily and weekend, with routes of towns. 13pp. 1933. Guides. - 1933
37; 516478 - London & North Western Railway. Notice to the public. Coal Strike. Passenger train arrangements for Birmingham and district. 12pp. 1912. Coal Strike 1912. - 1912
37; 772543 - [Everybody's time table for Birmingham & district, April 1883]. - 1883
39; 279517 - Cheffins's Map of the railway from Birmingham to Rugby, including the adjacent country, and the Grand Junction line to Wolverhampton. Coloured. 1837. Maps. - 1837
39; 465439 - Cheffins's Map of the London and Birmingham Railway from London to Boxmoor. Scale ½ inch to a mile. 1837. Railways. - 1837
39; 496127 - Mogg's Map of the environs of Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, the Potteries and Preston, exhibiting all the various railways in their vicinity. Engraved for Mogg's Handbook for railway travellers. 2nd edition. Scale : 4 miles to 1 inch. c.1842. MOGG (EDWARD). - 1842
39; 507088 - Upton's (J) Ltd. Birmingham A.B.C. railway guide map. c.1903. Railways. - 1903
41; 196116 - The Ballooniad. Poem on an unsuccessful balloon ascent in Birmingham. 24pp. 1785. Aeronautics. - 1785
42; 660969 - Dense tar surfacing at Elmdon Airport, Birmingham. - 1954
48; 661803 - Newsletter. Dec. 1953. - 1953
61; 135755 - Birmingham and Midland Tramways Limited. Opinions of the press. 8pp. 1883. Tramways. - 1883
91; 392378 - Union of Post Office Workers. Birmingham Head Office Postmen's Branch. Rules and standing orders. 8pp. c.1920. Post Office Workers (Union of), Birmingham District Council. - 1920
206; 663464 - An interim statement. - 1968
301; 533719 - City Assembly Rooms, Hurst Street, Birmingham. Midland Railway. Officials' ball. Birmingham & district. Leaflets. 1908, 1909, 1913, 1914. 1908-14. Railways.
301; 536016 - Concert programmes. 20pp. 1896 - 1904. Railway Servants (Amalgamated Society of) Birmingham Branch. - 1904
309; 158280 - [Report to the Board of Trade on a collision at King's Norton Station on May 16th, 1901]. - 1901
309; 173939 - [Report to the Board of Trade on a collision near Sutton Coldfield Station on April 12th, 1902]. - 1902
309; 177912 - [Report to the Board of Trade on a collision at Whitacre on Aug. 18th 1903]. - 1903
309; 663325 - Railway accident report on the derailment that occurred on 22nd May 1967 near Tyseley Station, Birmingham in the London Midland Region British Railways. - 1968
309; 663326 - Report on the collision that occurred on 28th February 1967 at Stechford in the London Midland Region British Railways. - 1968
621; 627631 - Nine points about your transport : [a message addressed to the citizens of Birmingham concerning the proposed abandonment of the city's remaining tramway routes]. - 1951
621; 809258 - Tramways of the Black Country. - 1972
631; 661873 - The A to Z of the Midland Red including map and complete directory, 1929. - 1929
632; 502051 - Through Shakespeare country by Midland Red. - 1939
62106; 406740 - Trams Football Club. Fixture list 1925-6 -- NOTE : 1927-8; 1929-30 to 1936-7 wanting. Athletic and Thrift Society (Birmingham Corporation Tramways Social).
518836 - Co-ordination of inland transport (Goods). A paper read at the Birmingham Rotary Club. 9th August 1937. Typescript. 1937. GUPWELL (LAWRENCE WILLIAM). - 1937
662773 - Final report of transport sub-committee. - 1963
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