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  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • rebfoto said:
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  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 23, 2026
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
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    Congrats on Xplore!!
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    Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Very impressive! 🌟

British Library digitised image from page 12 of "The Annals of Wickham Market and other papers, etc"

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  • Stephen B. Whatley said:
    so sad it is uploaded the wrong way...
  • David Gobbitt said:
    The cropped second line of the caption is:
    From an old print published 1818.

British Library digitised image from page 46 of "A Souvenir of the Cambrian Railways. Gems of picturesque scenery in Wild Wales. Reproduced from photographs, etc"

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  • avilas.es said:
    Dear Mrs. I am trying to find information about the English railway shareholder and engineer John Smith, who participated in the construction of the Madrid - Irún line in Spain, in the mid-19th century: I would appreciate any information or contact with a scholar knowledgeable on the subject. Best regard . Jose Luis Pajares. University of Salamanca joselpajares@gmail.com My web www.flickr.com/photos/avilas/7356990296/in/album-72157691...

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