River Transport While most bulky goods were now moved by rail, some use of river transport continued to be made. Ever since the famine period labourers ...
Lock Gates The Lower Bann only became navigable from 1860 and this connected the North Coast to Lough Neagh. There were 5 locks on this stretch of ...
Coal Importing Coal was a vital fuel both for domestic use and in the factories and railways. Even at the end of the 19th century most of the coal was ...
Sailing Ships In spite of the development of steam-powered ships, sailing ships remained a common sight on the Irish Sea. The photograph shows a ...
Ocean Liner By 1900 the steamship had replaced the sailing ship as the main form of ocean transport. In Belfast Harland and Wolff were producing ...
Luxury Cruise For wealthy cruise passengers travelling on the great ocean liners the standard of service and accommodation had to be very high. The ...
Sales Kiosk, Portrush Station By far the greatest influence on transport in this period was the railway system. The railways gave all classes of people the ...
Railway Tours Railway companies were quick to see the potential of catering for holiday makers. This explains why the railways serviced some of the ...
1st Class Rail Carriage Passenger travel on the railways reflected the clear division between the social classes of the day This carriage, built in 1909 for ...
3rd Class Rail Carriage The Dublin and Kingston Railway was one of the first railways to offer 3rd class travel on every train. This carriage, dating from the ...
