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Grand Crimean Central Railway

Great Britain · Warfare / Crimean War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1855Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1855

James Beatty1855

Balaclava · Warfare / Crimean War

Supervises engineering work on the railway carrying supplies from Balaclava toward the Sevastopol siege lines.

Edward Betts1855

Balaclava · Warfare / Crimean War

Participates in the contractor organisation responsible for rapidly constructing the military railway in Crimea.

Thomas Brassey1855

Balaclava · Warfare / Crimean War

Builds railway links to improve supply around Sevastopol.

Samuel Peto1855

Balaclava · Warfare / Crimean War

Helps construct the railway from Balaclava to siege positions.

Names involved

Edward BettsJames BeattySamuel PetoThomas Brassey

Provenance

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