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THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
Amongst the Railway enterprises in England, the above line must be considered as possessing peculiar claims to our attention. The stupendous character of the work—the difficulties which had to be overcome, and the vast sum invested in the undertaking, place this line in the foremost rank amongst the splendid achievements of our days; indeed, we may justly consider it the masterpiece of the human intellect, and the wonder of the 19th century. In its course, it divides broad estuaries, it penetr
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