1836
Hanwell Viaduct Works
The viaduct becomes an early showpiece of Brunel's railway engineering.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Hanwell in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The viaduct becomes an early showpiece of Brunel's railway engineering.
Directs construction of the Wharncliffe Viaduct for the Great Western Railway.
The structure is the first major engineering work completed on the GWR.
The Wharncliffe Viaduct becomes the first major completed structure on Brunel's Great Western Railway.
Completes the Wharncliffe Viaduct on the Great Western Railway.
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