What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Railway engineer, protege of Brunel, Charles Richardson 1814-1896 Bristol and South Wales Union Railway 1863 spliced cricket bat and bowling catapult, Severn Tunnel 1886 Recorded plaque organisation: Retired Professional Engineers Club (Bristol).
Charles Richardson was a railway engineer and protégé of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, known for his work on the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway and the construction of the Severn Tunnel in 1886.
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