The Terminus, at Swansea, [Wales], 1850. Opening of the South Wales Railway. ' is intended to effect a direct communication with the Great Western line at [it] communicates with one of the richest mineral districts in the South Wales coal arrival at Swansea took place a little after one o'clock, the engine having made the trip from Cardiff to Swansea, including stoppages, in two hours and a half. The engines, which were guided by Mr. Gooch and Mr. Martley, were studded with banners, and gaily dressed with evergreens, and came in in splendid style, amidst t


The Terminus, at Swansea, [Wales], 1850. Opening of the South Wales Railway. ' is intended to effect a direct communication with the Great Western line at [it] communicates with one of the richest mineral districts in the South Wales coal arrival at Swansea took place a little after one o'clock, the engine having made the trip from Cardiff to Swansea, including stoppages, in two hours and a half. The engines, which were guided by Mr. Gooch and Mr. Martley, were studded with banners, and gaily dressed with evergreens, and came in in splendid style, amidst the inspiring strains of the military Swansea a passenger-station 70 feet by 60 feet, covered with corrugated iron. The contractors were Messrs. Hughes and Jones'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.


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