William Gravatt
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William Gravatt FRS, was an English civil engineer and scientific instrument maker.
Inside the Thames Tunnel during construction, 1830
Gravatt's Great Bow Bridge of 1840, spanning the River Parrett, in Langport, Somerset
Per Georg Scheutz's third difference engine, on which Gravatt's replica was based
Wellington Bank, Somerset
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Wellington Bank is a steep railway embankment and associated climb located on the Bristol to Exeter line, that climbs from just northeast of Wellington, Somerset, until its peak at Sampford Arundel, w
William Gravatt
…and White Ball, Somerset, with William Froude supervising the section from White Ball to Exeter, Devon. Brunel himself was in charge of the design of White Ball Tunnel. Through having from the outset deployed his own "curve of sines" mathematical theorem in his original surveys, the final laid operational lines did…
West Country relief express headed by 4-6-0 No. 6816 Frankton Grange, viewed northward as it climbs Wellington Bank, 28 August 1954
The 11.30 Torquay – Paddington Summer Saturday extra descending Wellington Bank into Wellington, headed by BR Britannia Class 7 Pacific No. 70017 Arrow, 28 August 1954
The 07:30 Penzance – Wolverhampton express headed by 4-6-0 No. 5057 Earl Waldegrave enters Wellington station, 28 August 1954
Northbound Virgin Cross Country service train formed by 221115 leaves Whiteball Tunnel to start its descent of Wellington Bank