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Constructing the railway system
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Constructing the railway system
The growth of railways in England and Wales, 1778 to 1855
Resource Descriptions
Themes
1750-1820 Enlightenment & Measurement
1800-1860 Manufacture by Machine
1820-1880 Industrial Town
1820-1880 Age of the Engineer
1870-1914 Second Industrial Revolution
1914-1939 Age of the Mass
1930-1968 Defiant Modernism
1950-1965 Design Diversity
1960-2000 Age of Ambivalence
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Joseph Locke
George Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The growth of the railways
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Constructing the railway system
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Puffing Billy
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The Stockton & Darlington Railway
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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
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The Rainhill Trials, October 1829
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The beginning of the railway age
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New lines - a global view
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The growth of railways in England and Wales, 1778 to 1855
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The Irish navvies
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Making locomotives
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A mania for growth
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Cultural changes between 1820 and 1850
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Conclusion
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