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Rail of Gyeongin Railroad in the Korean Empire Period

대한제국기 경인철도 레일 ( 大韓帝國期 京仁鐵道 레일 )

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Classification National Registered Cultural Heritage
Name of Cultural Properties Rail of Gyeongin Railroad in the Korean Empire Period
Quantity L1,070
Designated Date 2008.10.17
Age 1897
Address Railroad Museum, 374-1, Woram-dong, Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do

The rail was manufactured in 1987 by Illinois Steel Company in the U.S., and is a small-scaled rail (30kg/m) which was introduced and used for the first time with the inauguration of Gyeongin Line in 1899. It has been displayed at the Railroad Museum in Yongsan, Seoul since 1936, when the museum was established in the Training School for Railroad Workers.