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monument Word or Phrase:ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY ENGINE HOUSE *  
Definition:An engine house which used air pressure to power trains on the experimental atmospheric railways of the 1840s.
monument Word or Phrase:ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY *  
Definition:A railway worked by the propulsive force of compressed air or by the formation of a vacuum.

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