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    Baulk road is the name given to a type of railway track or 'rail road' that is formed using rails carried on continuous timber bearings, as opposed to...
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  • Baulk may refer to: Baulk, areas on various types of billiard table Baulk, a wall of intact earth in an archaeological excavation Baulk road, a type of...
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    notably used on the Great Western Railway's 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) gauge baulk road, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Barlow rail was invented by William...
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    continuously supported on thick timber baulks, known as "baulk road". Thinner timber transoms were used to keep the baulks the correct distance apart. This...
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    rail was supported along its length, with examples including Brunel's baulk road on the Great Western Railway, as well as use on the Newcastle and North...
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  • gauge distance. Modern ladder track can be considered a development of baulk road, which supported rails on longitudinal wooden sleepers. Synonyms include...
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    maintenance difficulties. It resembles the bridge rail used for Brunel's baulk road, but was of tapering form, rather than with the flat base of the heavier...
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    Henry Taunt, the part of the road between Banbury Road and Woodstock Road was called Gallows-Baulk Road. When the road was improved, the remains of several...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    tie-bars. The whole assembly was referred to as the baulk road—railwaymen usually call their track a road. Initially, Brunel had the track tied down to timber...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    preferred site was in Hyde Park, adjacent to Princes Gate near Pennington Road, but other sites considered included Wormwood Scrubs, Battersea Park, the...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    Western and Brentford Railway, and Windmill Lane to cross each other, with the road above the canal which is above the railway. As the railway was the most recent...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    works had been finished. By summer 1840, the London Paddington to Faringdon Road section of the Great Western Main Line (GWML) had been completed, as was...
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    It is adjacent to the Tamar Bridge which opened in 1961 to carry the A38 road. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Surveying...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. As of the 2022–23 Office of Rail & Road Statistics, it is the second busiest station in the United Kingdom, after...
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    Kingdom Brunel. It is a Grade I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road. The idea of building a bridge across the Avon Gorge originated in 1753....
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  • a bus route which supposedly ran through Brunel's campus along Cleveland Road. The newspaper editorial team is made up of volunteer students and is funded...
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    of streets in Exeter: Isambard Terrace, Kingdom Mews, and Brunel Close. A road, car park, and school in his home city of Portsmouth are also named in his...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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  • Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    Other engineering and building Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace...
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    another siding beyond platform 15 that used to be the In/out Road for Bristol Bath Road TMD. This depot has been demolished. Between platforms 3/4 and...
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    known as Paddington Bridge, is a road bridge in the Paddington district of London which carries Bishop's Bridge Road across the rail approaches to Paddington...
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