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4 unusual facts about Francis Whishaw


Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

Whishaw, F., (1842) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland London: John Weale repub Clinker, C.R. ed (1969) Whishaw's Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Newton Abbot: David and Charles

Hydraulic telegraph

The British civil engineer Francis Whishaw, who later became a principal in the General Telegraph Company, publicized a hydraulic telegraph in 1838 but was unable to deploy it commercially.

Leicester and Swannington Railway

Whishaw, F. (1842) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland London: John Weale repub Clinker, C.R. ed, (1969) Whishaw's Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Newton Abbot: David & Charles

Maxstoke railway station

Whishaw, F., (1840) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.



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