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◊ 2017-09-09 01:22 |
![]() ![]() 21 minute film about the construction in 1870s of the Severn railway tunnel, taken from ![]() British Transport Films Volume One: On and Off the Rails 2-DVD set. Can be seen here or here. Only 2 small entries and it's a very deadpan film, but a very interesting story of 19thC ... um ... ground-breaking technology/engineering, so worth a look if that floats your boat. Also lots of footage of beautiful Cornish pumping beam engines ![]() ![]() and a horizontal ![]() .... wonderful bits of Victorian machinery, but about to be decommissioned and replaced by electric pumps. |