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Picture: By Clément Ader, photo © Roby, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted February 16
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Arthur Clough marvels at the vision of a man who could cross the Atlantic without knowing there was a farther shore.
Picture: By Jose Maria Obregon (1832–1902), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.. Source.
Posted February 2
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John Bright dismissed fears that digging a tunnel under the English Channel would encourage a French invasion.
Picture: By Friedrich Graetz, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted November 17 2023
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Once railway engineer Thomas Brassey made a promise he kept it — even if he wasn’t aware that he’d made one.
Picture: By Frederick Piercy (1830—1891), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted October 4 2023
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On the Feast of St John the Baptist, June 24th, 1497, Venetian navigator John Cabot claimed North America for the King of England.
Picture: © Mike Edwards, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted June 24 2023
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After an accident at a level crossing, the bosses of the Leicester and Swannington Railway acknowledged that drivers needed more than lung power.
Picture: © BazzaDaRambler, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted December 18 2022