Observations On A General Iron Rail-Way

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Creator

Thomas Gray

Title

Observations On A General Iron Rail-Way

Coverage

London

Publisher

Baldwin, Cradock and Joy

Date

1822

Description

This work is an early proposal for an entire network of railroad lines in Great Britain. Thomas Gray was a railroad promoter in Great Britain who advocated for steam rather than horse powered trains and sought to have all of the major cities in the UK linked by rail. The rail network that developed in the ensuing decades matches much of Gray’s proposal.