k The end of broad gauge, 1892. Work in progress at Plymouth station, Devonshire 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 18061859 favoured broad gauge 7ft 14inch 2. 2m and designed the Great Western Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 Parliament declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 12inch 1. 44m gauge introduced by George Stephenson 17811848 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. Editorial Stock Photo - Afloimages
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The end of broad gauge, 1892. Work in progress at Plymouth station, Devonshire 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 Western 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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The end of broad gauge, 1892. Work in progress at Plymouth station, Devonshire

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 Western 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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