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South Devon Main-Line Survey Completed

Great Britain · Science / Engineering. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1836Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1836

Isambard Kingdom Brunel1836

Devon · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel surveys a railway route between Exeter and Plymouth that later becomes the South Devon Railway.

Names involved

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Provenance

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