What is recorded here
This grey commemorative plaque records: Inventor Magnus Volk built Volk's Railway 1883 and lived here 1914-1937 Recorded plaque organisation: Brighton Corporation.
Magnus Volk was a British inventor known for constructing the world's first electric railway, Volk's Railway, in 1883; he significantly contributed to early electrical engineering and transportation technology.
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