Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

East Gloucestershire Railway

From Graces Guide

1864 Incorporated. Planned length 50 miles

This 14 mile line linking Witney with Fairford although the original plan had been to reach Cheltenham. It opened in 1873 as an extension to the Witney Railway

1889 Engineers are Charles Liddell and E. Richards.[1]

1923 Became part of the Great Western Railway

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies by Christopher Awdry. Published 1990
  • Wikipedia