What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Bristol & South Wales Union Railway & Steam Ferry, opened September eighteen hundred & sixty three. Christopher James Thomas, Chairman. Railway & piers designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a renowned 19th-century engineer who designed significant infrastructure projects including the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway; Christopher James Thomas, as chairman, played a crucial role in its development and opening in 1863.
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