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Compania del Ferrocarril de Medina del Campo a Zamora y de Orense a Vigo (MZOV) (Railway Company from Medina del Campo to Zamora and from Orense to Vigo). Spanish railway company operating between 1862 and 1928. Its managing director was the Catalan capitalist Mr Caterineu. It connected Galicia with the Meseta Central (Inner Plateau). Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Inauguration of the railway line from Redondela to Pontevedra. Blessing of the locomotive ‘Pontevedra’ (number 52), on 30th June 1884. It was decorated with coats of arms of the city and Barcelona, flags, pennants and garlands. Drawing by Manuel Alcazar (1858-1914). Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Date

1884

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG25A35_192

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37,4Mo (5,2Mo) / 36,0cm x 26,0cm / 4252 x 3076 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Pontevedra Redondela Spain Spanish Galicia Galician capital city railway company train railways railroad engraving Bernardo Rico Manuel Alcazar history 19th century transport transportation station train station ceremony inauguration people crowd locomotive Caterineu blessing religion religious Catholicism Catholic