Gladstone's Library
Hawarden
Flinshire
On this day (September 27th) in 1825 the world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened, with 25 miles of track.
At this time William Ewart Gladstone was just 15 years old. When Gladstone died in 1898 there was more than 20,000 miles of track in the UK. Imagine how different travel would have been at various points in his life!
: A practical treatise on rail-roads, and interior communication in general - Hil L.3/35
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