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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1877

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The Objects, Advantages, Claims, and National Importance of the Clar. Ence and New England Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1877 · page 2

EXCEPTING the discovery of the various alphabets, their subsequent improvement and uses, no discovery, whether ancient or,modern, has been so instrumental in enlightening and advancing civilization and…

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Railway Progress in the United States

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1877 · page 3

AT the beginning of 1876 there were 74,198 miles of railway in active operation in the United States and territories, During the year 1876 there were 2442 miles of new road built,…

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A Railway Across the Andes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1877 · page 3

THE following extract from the Engineer of the 17 th August, shows what is being done by railway: surveyors in other lands. The repated difficulties of the Clarence-New England line…

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A Long Railway Bridge

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1877 · page 4

SCOTLAND (says an English journal) boasts of having just opened the longest railway bridge in the world. It runs across the Tay, and shortens the route from the…

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