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London’s Lost Pneumatic Railway: The World’s 2nd Oldest Underground

On 12 April 2015 By Long Branch Mike In History, Long reads, Pneumatic railways, Post Office Railway

In the white heat of the Victorian age a number of motive powers seemed set to vie for the future. Steam power? Cable? Both were relatively new technologies whose potential seemed endless. Briefly in the …

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