Lives of the Engineers George and Robert Stephenson: The Locomotive, Volume 5 |
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... side like a street , as if to enable the locomotives or the passengers to see their way in the dark ; but these ... side by side , over which more than twenty millions of passengers are carried yearly , or an average of about 60,000 a ...
... side like a street , as if to enable the locomotives or the passengers to see their way in the dark ; but these ... side by side , over which more than twenty millions of passengers are carried yearly , or an average of about 60,000 a ...
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... is , the permission granted by the owners of lands lying between the coal - pit and the river - side to lay down a tramway between the one and the other . A century later , Arthur Young observed 6 THE FIRST RAILROADS [ CHAP I that not only.
... is , the permission granted by the owners of lands lying between the coal - pit and the river - side to lay down a tramway between the one and the other . A century later , Arthur Young observed 6 THE FIRST RAILROADS [ CHAP I that not only.
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... side , the waggons sometimes descending by their own gravity along inclined planes , the waggoner standing behind to check the speed by means of a convoy or wooden brake bearing upon the rims of the wheels . Arrived at the staiths , the ...
... side , the waggons sometimes descending by their own gravity along inclined planes , the waggoner standing behind to check the speed by means of a convoy or wooden brake bearing upon the rims of the wheels . Arrived at the staiths , the ...
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... sides of the river . But a great deal of the coal shipped from the Tyne comes from above - bridge , where sea - going craft cannot reach , and is floated down the river in " keels , " in which the coals are sometimes piled up according ...
... sides of the river . But a great deal of the coal shipped from the Tyne comes from above - bridge , where sea - going craft cannot reach , and is floated down the river in " keels , " in which the coals are sometimes piled up according ...
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... side of what used to be the old riding post road or street between Newcastle and Hexham , along which the post was carried on horseback within the memory of persons living . The lower room in the west end of this house was the home of ...
... side of what used to be the old riding post road or street between Newcastle and Hexham , along which the post was carried on horseback within the memory of persons living . The lower room in the west end of this house was the home of ...
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