Specimen of rail

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Specimen of rail, Talyllyn Railway, 1865
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Specimen of rail, Talyllyn Railway, 1865. Analysed as Bessemer steel (British Iron and Steel Research Association, A.E.V. Miller)

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1964-240

type:: specimen

credit:: Talyllyn Railway

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