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- ↑ "Blackfriars Railway Bridge". Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ↑ The Story of the West Highland, published by the London and North Eastern Railway, 1944 (written anonymously by George Dow)
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- ↑ "Inquests". Western Morning News. 13 January 1896.
John Barwell, engine driver, in the employ of Lucas and Aird, who are constructing the railway to Yealmpton...Deceased had been in the employ of Lucas and Aird for about five months.
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