Sujet

The Welwyn Viaduct, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Welwyn Viaduct, [Hertfordshire], 1850. Railway bridge on the London-York section of the Great Northern Railway. 'At Welwyn the train stopped for some time, while the passengers went to view the magnificent viaduct by which the railway there crosses the valley. This viaduct consists of 42 arches, each 30 feet wide and 97 feet high, and has been built at a cost of from £70,000 to £80,000'. It was designed by William Cubitt and styled after a Roman aqueduct. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A33_447

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,1Mo (2,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 18,0cm / 4960 x 2123 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation railways engineering bridge bridges British railway structure railway line Victorian century railway tracks Britain train track newspapers railway track press civil engineering viaduct B&W engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Great Northern Railway Illustrated London News ILN newspaper landscape Unknown William William Cubitt Cubitt GNR 19th-century Digswell Viaduct Welwyn Viaduct Sir William Cubitt