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When is a railway a railway?

Archaeology   Local History   Stephenson Steam Railway   Technology   Transport
Posted by administrator on March 13, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

Many people see the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway in 1825 as the beginning of the railway age, but did you know that railways existed more than 200 years before or arguably even earlier? In basic terms a… Read more