Becauseif we're being pedantic about this, wooden railway tracks were probably in use in central European mines by the 1400s, while trains as such didn't really come along until the late 19th century. Wagons were pulled either by horses (which would often get to ride in the dandy-cart on the downhill return journey) or by windlasses, or if the wagons were small enough, they could just be pushed by a couple of blokes. So now you know.
And there were screwdrivers before the wood-screw was invented, too.
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And there were screwdrivers before the wood-screw was invented, too.
and the leaves were fromunderground mine-trees?
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Wed 7 Jul 2004, 12:29,
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Obviouslyleaves wouldn't fall in mines, I was just giving that as an example of railways being used some four centuries before there were trains. Prior to the birth of the railway network, there were already hundreds of short-haul railways around Britain, serving the canals, carrying goods from quarries, factories, or ports to the canals for shipment around the country.
Tomorrow we'll be looking at the early years of the steel industry in the Ruhr valley.
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Tomorrow we'll be looking at the early years of the steel industry in the Ruhr valley.
will there be homework?please say there won't be homework. :)
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Wed 7 Jul 2004, 12:34,
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And the first successful run of a rail-based steam locomotive was in 1804/more pedantry
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