The Piercy brothers of Trefeglwys who built railways across the world
TWO brothers from Trefeglwys had risen in the boom of the industrial age and become pioneer rail builders. Robert and Benjamin Piercy were born at the end of the Georgian Era and beginning of the Victorian Era in a time of peace and colonial expansion. Robert was born in 1825 and younger brother Benjamin two years later. The first railroads line were laid between London and Birmingham in 1838, giving rise to a steam powered railway boom and further fuelled the Industrial Revolution. Robert served as an engineer and constructed lines to Ruabon from Acrefair and joined his brother Ben...
Source: countytimes.co.uk