Title

'Near Liverpool, looking towards Manchester', Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. Artist: Henry Pyall

Caption

'Near Liverpool, looking towards Manchester', Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The world's first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830. Engineered by George Stephenson, the line was a remarkable feat of engineering, with viaducts, tunnels and an ingenious floating crossing of the peat bogs at Chat Moss. Plate 11 from Coloured view of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. (London, 1832-1833).
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1799

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D60_191

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,9Mb (3,9Mb) / 16,9in x 14,0in / 5061 x 4206 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation countryside England people event technology train engineering country steam British English railway color colour travelling innovation railway line location century lancashire Britain steam power steam train first railway track concept steam engine industrial revolution 19th century nineteenth century steam locomotive Liverpool & Manchester Railway Liverpool and Manchester Railway railway cutting TGN George lithograph landscape Henry Pyall Pyall Thomas Talbot Bury;Bury Thomas Talbot;T T Bury;TT Bury;Bury T T;Bury TT George Stephenson Stephenson LMR Historica Graphica Collection Pyall Henry George Stephenson lithograph landscape