This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
Cost Of Railways Per Mile
The London & Blackwall . . . | £287,693 |
London & Greenwich . . | 267,270 |
London & Croydon . . . | 80.400 |
Dublin & Kingston . | 59,122 |
London & Brighton . . | 56,981 |
Great Weston . . . . . | 56,372 |
London & Birmingham . | 52,882 |
Liverpool & Manchester . | 50,923 |
Manchester & Leeds . . | 47,824 |
Glasgow & Greenock . . | 35,451 |
The Midland Counties . . . . . . . . | 35,402 |
Edinburgh & Glasgow. . . . . | 35,024 |
Birmingham & Gloucester . . | 29,000 |
London & South Western .. . | 28,004 |
North Union & Bolton & Preston | 27,799 |
Grand Junction . . . . . . . . . | 22,293 |
York & North Midland . . . . . | 23,066 |
Glasgow, Kilmarnock & Ayr . | 20,407 |
Dublin & Drogheda..... | 15,652 |
Dundee & Arbroath . . . . . . . . | 8,570 |
 
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