Railway Mania
1844–1847 · Event
A speculative bubble in railway shares sees Parliament authorise hundreds of new lines, many never built, before the collapse of 1847.
On these timelines: Industrial Revolution, England, Economic History, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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