Title

Dee Viaduct, Vale of Llangollen, on the Shrewsbury, Wales and Chester Railway c1848. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Dee Viaduct, Vale of Llangollen, on the Shrewsbury, Wales and Chester Railway c1848. This viaduct was built between April 1846 and August 1848 at a cost of £76,000. It had 19 arches of 60ft span and was 148ft high. The line, engineered by Henry Robertson, opened on 14 October 1848.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1848

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_226

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 16,6in x 11,7in / 4975 x 3511 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation nature tree countryside architecture archway arch plant Wales country valley bridge British geography railway color colour location Victorian century Britain Welsh civil engineering viaduct railway bridge Architectural Feature 19th century nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive Dee Viaduct geographical feature Shrewsbury Vale of Llangollen Wales and Chester Railway engraving Unknown Henry Robertson Henry Robertson Henry Robertson engraving