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London's Lost Pneumatic Railways

Author Ian Mansfield
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Author(s)Ian Mansfield
ISBN / ASINB00ABXMXDI
ISBN-13978B00ABXMXD2
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

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Imagine being in a train that would be propelled along subterranean tunnels by being blown down the tubes by giant steam powered bellows.

These were the Victorian era's pneumatic railways and this is the story of the greatest of their attempts to harness the power of the atmosphere to propel people under London's River Thames.