Title

Building the retaining wall near Park Street, Camden Town, London, 17th September 1836 (1838). Artist: John Cooke Bourne

Caption

Building the retaining wall near Park Street, Camden Town, London, 17th September 1836 (1838). Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway. Under the guidance of chief engineer Robert Stephenson, the 112 mile line running from Curzon Street station in Birmingham to Euston station in London, took 20,000 men almost five years to complete. The railway was finally completed on 17 September 1838, becoming the first railway into London.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D59_077

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 17,1in x 11,3in / 5131 x 3404 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation road building London working work job wall street construction construction site occupation railway color colour lane avenue workmen workman location century profession concept civil engineering Camden Construction Industry 19th century Camden Town nineteenth century London & Birmingham Railway Park Street TGN lithograph Robert Stephenson Robert Stephenson Historica Graphica Collection L&BR LBR John Cooke Bourne Bourne John Cooke Robert Stephenson lithograph