French mining railway. Circa 1850 engraving of a mine railway in the Gier Valley, France. Image from Histoire de la locomotion terrestre, by Charles D

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French mining railway. Circa 1850 engraving of a mine railway in the Gier Valley, France. Image from Histoire de la locomotion terrestre, by Charles Dollfus and Edgar de Geoffroy, France, 1935.

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Photo credit: © CCI ARCHIVES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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