Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Réseau Breton, Ar Men, Chemin de Fer Des Côtes-Du-Nord, Chemin de Fer Du Finistère, Parc Naturel Régional D'armorique, Tramways Électrique Du Finistère, Île de Sein, Pont-Aven School, Aber Wrac'h, Goulet de Brest, Quélern, Fort de Bertheaume, Pointe Du Raz, Glénan Islands, Urban Community of Brest, Île Ronde, Brest, Odet, Réservoir Saint-Michel, Ellé, Île D'arun, Isole, Île de Tibidy, Laïta, Pointe de Corsen, Radio Kerne, Île de Térénez, Camaret Bay, Pointe de Pen-Hir. Excerpt: The Réseau Breton (RB) is a standard gauge, and former metre gauge railway in Finistère, France, with a few kilometres of line in Côtes du Nord, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan. The hub of the system was Carhaix. The metre gauge lines were built with the capacity to be easily converted to standard gauge if necessary. Brittany in the mid nineteenth century was a largely agricultural area. the quarrying of slate and granite also took place. Forests in inland areas had previously supplied timber for construction of buildings and shipbuilding at the larger coastal ports, but this industry had largely declined as the source material was exhausted and the land turned over to agriculture. Apart from roads, the first transportation system constructed in Brittany was the Canal de Nantes à Brest, started in 1811 and completed in 1842. Although the canal could carry high volumes of freight, it was slow, relying on horse-drawn barges. The first standard gauge railways in Brittany were the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (CF PO) line from Paris to Quimper, which was completed in 1863 and the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest (CF de l'Ouest) line from Paris to Brest, which was completed in 1865. The CF PO built a line from Quimper to Châteaulin and Landerneau, where it connected with the C... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16068756