Title

Kingstown and Dalkey Atmospheric Railway

Caption

Kingstown and Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, near Dublin, 1845. This was built on the Samuel Clegg Jnr (1814-1856) and Joseph Samuda (1813-1885) system, used also on the Croydon, the South Devon, and Paris and St. Germain Railways. In the bottom half of the picture Clegg's valve open (left) and closed (right). From "The Magazine of Science". (London, 1845). Wood engraving.

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