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Railway Act

United Kingdom [1844]

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  • William E. Gladstone
    In William Ewart Gladstone: The influence of Peel

    His Railway Act of 1844 set up minimum requirements for railroad companies and provided for eventual state purchase of railway lines. Gladstone also much improved working conditions for London dock workers. Early in 1845, when the Cabinet proposed to increase a state grant to the Irish…

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