Portrait of an industrial city
Subtitle: "clanging Belfast", 1750-1914
By: Stephen A. Royle
Publisher: The Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society in association with Ulster Historical Foundation; Distributed by Ulster Historical Foundation
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Belfast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781908448064
Subjects: History
Description: "Hammer's clanging" was the sound that the great ninetheenth century novelist Wililam Makepeace Thackeray associated with Belfast when he visited in 1842. Eventually Belfast outstripped Dublin as the largest city on the island of Ireland, and ranked third in the British empire, while still echoing to the sound of those clanging hammers. Industry lay at the heart of the city's manufacturing prowess with shipyards, textile mills and other industrial ventures. The constant movement of workers and goods, the smells and sounds of constant industrial activity, and the distinctive clang of metal on metal dominated the city's daily life. Throughout the book the use of primary sources documents and illuminates the story of Belfast.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.