Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Railway Coach: Experiment

From Graces Guide
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1825 First horse-drawn coach used on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. It was rented initially to Thomas Close and was used on the railway for 15 months. Afterward it was used as a workman's hut at the foot of the Brusselton incline

It eventually caught fire and was destroyed.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young. Published 1923. p124