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Brassey, Thomas
(Thomas Bras|sey)
Pronunciation:
/ˈbrasi/
(
1805–70
)
, English engineer and railway contractor. He built more than 10,000 km (6,500 miles) of railways in Europe, India, South America, and Australia.
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