Railway to the Pacific
THE English public are aware that a project has been put forward by a Mr. Whitney, of New York, for a railway to the Pacific, the length of which would be 2,030 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1850
10 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers
Railway Committee
THE chairman and committee sat on the Equinoctial line as usual, and proceeded with the engineering evidence. The first witness called was a surveyor. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Vale Creek Bridge
THE work of the new bridge across the Vale Creek is fast approaching completion, and the manner in which it is performed does credit to the contractor. It is perhaps not generally known amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Irish Viceroy on Hush Railways
LORD CLARENDON, whose administration of the [?] Government [?] political controversy, has, by the exhibition of a praiseworthy interest in the practical improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Extracts. Opening of the Britannia Bridge
THE FIRST TRAIN OVER THE MENAI STRAITS.—Tuesday Afternoon.— The opening of this magnificent structure came off this day, with the greatest success. At half-past six…
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LOOKING at railways as instruments and agents in social and popular improvement, we find that the lines at present in action throughout the United Kingdom furnish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The First Australian Railway
YESTERDAY the turning of the first turf of the first Australian Railway was accomplished, and the ceremony was performed by the daughter of the Governor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bathurst "Free Press. Saturday, July 13,1850. "Magna Est Veritas Et Prevalebit." Our First Railway
THE most important ceremony to which, in our estimation, the colonists ever bore witness, was performed on Wednesday, the 3rd instant. The beginning of a new system of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Goolwa and Port Elliot Railway
A SIGNAL triumph awaits Sir Henry Young in this discussion, if his Excellency will only exercise the virtue of forbearance. A question which was seriously and very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hocussing in a Railway Carriage by Lozenges Another Attempt in Manchester
ON Saturday morning, the 16th instant, a man residing at Handsworth was travelling by railway from Edinburgh to Birmingham, and when between Carlisle and Preston…
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