Assertion: early railway | /r/HasProperty | almost local concerns
Facets:
value: almost exclusively
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The early railways were almost exclusively local concerns involved with conveying minerals to some waterway; for them the gauge of the track was adopted to suit the wagons intended to be used, and it was typically in the range 4 ft to 4 ft 8½ in, and at first there was no idea of the need for any conformity with the gauge of other lines.