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William Huskisson

Wreck

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The National Monuments Record of Wales records William Huskisson as Wreck from the Ôl-ganoloesol period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *William Huskisson* was a British steamship that sank on 15 September 1830 near Liverpool, England, after colliding with the *Liverpool and Manchester Railway train* during the opening of the world’s first intercity railway. The accident resulted in the death of William Huskisson, a British MP, and several others; the wreck is historically significant as the first recorded railway-related fatality and a pivotal event in early railway safety awareness.

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