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Item Details
Title:
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THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY VOLUME THREE PLYMOUTH TO PENZANCE
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By: |
Stanley C. Jenkins, Martin Loader |
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Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1445639688 |
ISBN 13: |
9781445639680 |
Publisher: |
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
13 November, 2014 |
Series: |
The Great Western Railway ... 3 |
Pages: |
128 |
Description: |
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the GWR line between Plymouth and Penzance has changed and developed since 1846. |
Synopsis: |
The Cornwall Railway was authorised on 3 August 1846 with the aim of constructing a broad gauge rail link between Plymouth, Truro and Falmouth. After many vicissitudes, the railway was ceremonially opened between Plymouth and Truro on 2 May 1859. Meanwhile, further to the west, an entirely separate undertaking known as the West Cornwall Railway had been sanctioned with powers for the construction of a standard gauge railway between Truro and Penzance, which would incorporate parts of the earlier Hayle Railway.The WCR was completed in 1852, although there was no connection with the Cornwall Railway until 1859. Despite the `break-of-gauge' at Truro, these two railways formed part of a through route between Paddington and Penzance and, as such, they were subsequently absorbed into the GWR system as part of the present-day West of England main line. |
Illustrations: |
240 Illustrations, unspecified |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Amberley Publishing |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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