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Photos of ruins and structures from past eras@kbin.social · 1 year ago

Pompeii road, showing the wagon ruts

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Pompeii road, showing the wagon ruts

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Photos of ruins and structures from past eras@kbin.social · 1 year ago

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The urban legend that train track gauge descends from Roman war chariots falls apart at every link in the chain
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  Yep a lot of early railways in UK were broad guage. Like brunnels Great Western. So even in England a lot of non compatible rail existed.
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Gauge_War

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