Sujet
The Crumlin viaduct, on the Western Valley Railway.
Légende
The Illustrated London News etching from 1854. The Crumlin viaduct,on the Western Valley Railway. The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR) across the Ebbw River. Hailed as "one of the most significant examples of technological achievement during the Industrial Revolution", in its 109 years of service until being dismantled in 1967, it remained: the least expensive bridge for its size ever constructed; the highest railway viaduct in the United Kingdom; the third highest viaduct in the world, after the aqueduct at Spoleto, Italy, and the timber viaduct in Portage, New York state.
Date
1854
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG23A57_315
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
39,2Mo (3,4Mo) / 43,2cm x 22,7cm / 5100 x 2685 (300dpi)