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The South-Eastern Railway Company's Works on the River: view from Southwark Bridge..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson.

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The South-Eastern Railway Company's Works on the River: view from Southwark Bridge, looking east, 1864. 'The Engraving...presents a view of the piles and scaffolding erected for the purpose of building a bridge [ie the Cannon Street Railway Bridge], which is to connect the Charing-cross Railway and the South-Eastern Railway...with the intended City station in Cannon-street...A part of London Bridge, with the Tower in the distance, is seen behind the huge timber framework that stretches half way from the Surrey to the Middlesex side. The warehouses of Adelaide Wharf and those of the Old Swan Pier, below and above bridge respectively, look down upon the traffic of steam-boats which ply to and from the floating platforms or pontoons moored for the passengers' landing. Fishmongers' Hall is just seen above the houses at the Old Swan. The spires and turrets of half-a-dozen City churches, with the Monument, "London's pillar," lifting its head above them all, complete this familiar scene, one feature of it alone being unfamiliar - the works now going on for the construction of the railway bridge'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A26_110

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57,3Mo (5,7Mo) / 45,8cm x 31,3cm / 5412 x 3700 (300dpi)

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transport transportation skyline river building England River Thames Thames timber railways religious architecture boat boats arts engineering industry religion art bridge bridges British geography church castle railway color structure industrial station Christianity spires fortifications fortification lumber paddle steamer paddle steamers century architectural city of london piles public transport Britain newspapers press print concept civil engineering London Bridge Tower of London B&W engraved engraving railway bridge Se Colour Construction Industry 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black Monument nineteenth century The Print Collector Cannon Street Station geographical feature Illustrated London News South Eastern Railway St Magnus the Martyr TGN The Monument ILN RCH newspaper Cannon Street Railway Bridge Mason Jackson Jackson Mason 19th-century railroad bridge M. Jackson Jackson M. R. C. H. H. R. C. R.C.H. H. R.C.