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Were the railway industrialists all railway engineers?
by marcus_holmes 6y ago
Were the railway industrialists all railway engineers?
- sradman 6y agoCornelius Vanderbilt [1] mastered steam powered shipping before tackling rail. An operator of technical machinery more than a trained engineer but relatively very technical for the 2nd Industrial Age IMO. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt