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DescriptionAn account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - comprising a history of the parliamentary proceedings preparatory to the passing of the act, a description of the railway in an excursion from (14573310538).jpg
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' Text Appearing After Image: AN ACCOUNT, &c. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION—PARLIAMnXTARV PROCEEDINGS. The adoption of Railways as a means of inlandcommunication, for the transit of merchandise andpassengers, forms an era no less remarkable than thefirst introduction of Canals, and constitutes a changein the long-established modes of conveyance no lessstriking and important. The Railway, however, is byno means a recent invention: nearly two centurieshave elapsed since the first partial introduction ofTram-roads, rudely constructed of wood, at a triflingoutlay of capital and still smaller expenditure ofscientific arrangement. The substitution of iron forwood was a great improvement; but the form of therail continued for a long time very objectionable, con- B sisting of flat pieces of cast-iron laid on the ground,with a side flange rising two or three inches to confinethe wheel to its proper track. The rails thus restingon the ground, were unavoidably covered with soil orsand ; and it was not till the adoption of th
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