Kingstown and Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, near
Kingstown and Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, near Dublin. This was built on the Samuel Clegg Jnr (1814-1856) and Joseph Samuda (1813-1885) system, used also on the Croydon, the South Devon, and Paris and St Germain Railways. In the bottom half of the picture Clegg's valve open (left) and closed (right). From The Magazine of Science'. (London, 1845). Wood engraving
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13908402
Media ID
48404108
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6000px x 9695px
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Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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World History Archive





























