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The end of broad gauge, 1892

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The end of broad gauge, 1892
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The end of broad gauge, 1892. Work in progress at Plymouth station, Devonshire, to change from broad gauge to standard gauge railway track. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured broad gauge 7ft 1/4inch (2.2m) and designed the Great Westerrn Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 Parliament declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch (1.44m) gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. From "The Romance of Engineering" by Henry Frith. (London, 1892).

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United Kingdom / Europe / Plymouth / Devon / England / large group of people / train station / working / the romance of engineering / the end / broad gauge / public transport / construction / british culture / outdoors / industry / railroad / engineering / building / history / 1892 / horizontal / devonshire / henry frith

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