Manchester's unique Victorian red-brick and sandstone architecture still
dominates the twenty-first century skyline, despite modern developments.
Manchester's Victorian history consists of much more than cotton mills
and canals. Scientists like John Dalton enhanced the city's reputation.
The world's first passenger railway station is located at Liverpool
Road, which was later superseded by Victoria Station. Manchester
University, originally the Victoria University of Manchester, has a
worldwide reputation as an academic institution, and writers like James
Kay, Edwin Chadwick, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels have commented on
the fascinating effects of Manchester's rapid growth. Victorian
Manchester Through Time contains fascinating contemporary and modern
photographs that detail how some of the city's more familiar buildings
and streets have changed over the last 150 years. Featured are
impressive views of Piccadilly, Market Street, Manchester Cathedral, St
Peter's Square and Oxford Road, depicting the evolution of this
north-west cultural hotspot.