International railroad collection, 1812-1884.

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (born 9 April 1806, Portsmouth, England-died 15 September 1859, Westminster, London, England), English civil engineer. He built dockyards, the Great Western Railway (GWR), a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering....

Compagnie de chemin de fer de Paris à Rouen.

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Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland

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Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Rail-Road Company

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London and North-Western Railway

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In 1846 three companies, London and Birmingham, Grand Junction Railway and Manchester and Birmingham amalgamated to form the London and North Western Railway. The amalgamation created 247 miles of railway that linked London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Preston. The London and North Western Railway continued to expand and by 1868 the company had added links to Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Swansea and Cardiff. However, attempts to amalgamate with Midland Railway ended in failure. By 1871 th...

Rennie, John, Sir, 1794-1874

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John Rennie was born on 30 August 1794 in London, second son of civil engineer, John Rennie (1761-1821), and younger brother of George Rennie (1791-1866). Following his education at Isleworth and at Greenwich, he entered his father's manufactory in Holland Street, London, where he acquired a practical knowledge of civil engineering. In 1815, he assisted his father in the construction of Southwark Bridge, later travelling abroad to study the great engineering works in Europe in 1819. On the death...

Victorian Railways

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Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)

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Sopwith, Thomas, 1803-1879

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English cleric William Buckland worked as a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. The first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819), Buckland is most noted as the scientific discoverer of dinosaurs. From the guide to the William Buckland papers, 1817-1848, 1817-1848, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Baltimore and Port Deposite Rail Road Company

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Stephenson, Robert, 1803-1859

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Duncan, John H., fl. 1840s.

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