CHAPTER IV.

_RAILWAY WORKS._

A.D. 1835--1859. ÆTATIS 30--54.

Construction of the Great Western Railway--The Box Tunnel--The Bath and Bristol Stations--The Paddington Station--The Great Western Hotel--Branches and Extensions of the Great Western Railway--The Bristol and Exeter Railway--Railways in Devonshire and Cornwall--Railways to Basingstoke, to Weymouth, and to Salisbury--In South Wales--In Ireland--In Italy--In India--Supervision of Works--Mr. Brunel’s Engineering Staff--His Reputation as a Witness--Reminiscences of Mr. Brunel, 1835-1838.....79