Sujet

The railway works at Blackfriars and opening towards Ludgate Hill...from the temporary bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson.

Légende

The railway works at Blackfriars and opening towards Ludgate Hill, viewed from the temporary bridge, [London], 1864. View '...overlooking, on its eastern side, the permanent railway-bridge which the London, Chatham, and Dover Company are erecting, to bring their line south of the Thames - now open to the Elephant and Castle - into connection with its projected City terminus at Ludgate-hill...a great many houses have been cleared away...The facade and majestic dome of St. Paul's were never seen to better advantage than from this new point of observation, since the removal of some of the intervening houses which concealed the portico when the spectator was upon old Blackfriars Bridge. The spire of St. Martin's, Ludgate, and the small square tower of St. Benet's, which was built by Wren, are included in this View...To the right hand we see the bank of the river just above Purfleet Wharf. This View exhibits some features of old and new London in curious juxtaposition, and it is an illustration of the progress of one of the greatest -works of railway construction in this City'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A26_006

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,4Mo (5,7Mo) / 45,9cm x 31,3cm / 5421 x 3698 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river building buildings England River Thames Thames people male event work job technology man men house houses railways religious architecture arts engineering worker religion construction site art warehouse warehouses guy occupation bridge bridges British tools geography cathedral church railway color structure wharf docks dock dome Christianity spire building site workmen workman railway line location st pauls cathedral century railway tracks city of london Britain train track profession newspapers railway track press print Blackfriars Bridge concept civil engineering B&W demolition demolished engraved engraving industrial revolution unfinished Architectural Feature Colour 19th century St Paul's Cathedral black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century workers St. Paul's Cathedral The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN RCH newspaper Blackfryars Bridge Mason Jackson Jackson Mason working man domed 19th-century M. Jackson Jackson M. R. C. H. H. R. C. R.C.H. H. R.C.