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English: A lithograph of Francis Webb Sheilds, the civil engineer who was over-ridden after his choice of railway gauge in the late 1840s, leading to Australia's eventual "multi-gauge muddle" caused by different railway gauges being adopted by the various Australian colonies. According to the author of the source article, Neville Pollard, the lithograph is the only known image of him. The article is "Commonwealth versus states: Australia's uniform gauge debacle", Australian Railway History, February 2014, p. 3.
Date 1850s or late 1840s
Source Australian Railway History, February 2014, p. 3
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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Francis Webb Sheilds, Anglo-Irish civil engineer of the Sydney Railway Company, New South Wales, in the late 1840s

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