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... railways was indeed closer than is generally realised . The story of the Glasgow and Berwick Railway has been told . That scheme it is perhaps fair to describe rather as a sort of dry canal than a railway . The Stratford and Moreton Railway ...
... railways was indeed closer than is generally realised . The story of the Glasgow and Berwick Railway has been told . That scheme it is perhaps fair to describe rather as a sort of dry canal than a railway . The Stratford and Moreton Railway ...
Page 240
... railway ideas and railway invention from a very early stage ; and many of his assistants such as Palmer , with his mono - rail , and Vignolles , who invented the flat - bottomed rail , were deeply interested in railway matters . In his ...
... railway ideas and railway invention from a very early stage ; and many of his assistants such as Palmer , with his mono - rail , and Vignolles , who invented the flat - bottomed rail , were deeply interested in railway matters . In his ...
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... RAILWAY . From the River Tees near Stockton to Sim Pasture on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the Durham Coalfield . The length including six branches , was to be about 46 miles . Telford's plans and sections were destroyed some ...
... RAILWAY . From the River Tees near Stockton to Sim Pasture on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the Durham Coalfield . The length including six branches , was to be about 46 miles . Telford's plans and sections were destroyed some ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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