RAILWAYS BUILT BY BRITONS.
The famous St. Gothard Tunnel, which has just celebrated its jubilee, has. an especial interest for Britons, because the tunnelling and road-making were the work of British navvies. For a long time when any really big construction job was undertaken in any part of the world it was odds bn that British labour would be employed. The first railway ever made on the Continent —-between Paris arid Rouen—.
was planned and built by Britons, and for some time after the opening nil the employees were British. From then on until about thirty years ago British workers were in great demand for Continental jobs of this kind. Workers at home, as well as those prepared to go overseas, have benefited enormously by Britain’s pioneering in railways. Even now many railways overseas prefer British engines. For instance, the highest standard guage railway in the world, the Central Railway of Perns, whieh rises to 15,506 ft. in crossing the Andes, is equipped with Manchestcr-built locomotives.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 272, 12 August 1932, Page 2
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