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9780265219072: The History of the First Public Railway, Stockton Darlington: The Opening Day, and What Followed (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Excerpt from The History of the First Public Railway (Stockton and Darlington): The Opening Day, and What Followed

The Committee were a year in concluding-their deliberations. They had a difficult problem to solve. The canal was a familiar institution, but a public railway was a great novelty to South Durham. Leaving them awhile heatedly discussing the pros and cons as to canal or rail, we may here cast a rapid glance at the origin of railways.

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