Sujet
Berkhamsted Station, Hertfordshire, on the London and Birmingham Railway, c1860. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Berkhamsted Station, Hertfordshire, on the London and Birmingham Railway, c1860. On top of the building on the left is a water tank for supplying locomotives while, on the right, cattle are being driven to the station over a bridge crossing the Grand Junction Canal. The London and Birmingham railway was completed by the autumn of 1838. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was the Chief Engineer. Many people opposed the route and forced Stephenson to move the line some distance from their towns. The 112 mile line took 20,000 men 5 years to build. From The Land We Live In. (London, c1860).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1860
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B66_098
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (4,0Mo) / 42,3cm x 29,6cm / 4991 x 3499 (300dpi)