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‘Gawksholme Viaduct and Bridge’, West Yorkshire, 1845.
Coloured lithograph, drawn and lithographed by the American-born artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905) showing the Gauxholme viaduct on the Manchester and Leeds Railway which carries the railway across the Rochdale Canal at Todmorden, West Yorkshire. In 1837 Parliament gave permission for the building of a railway between Manchester and Leeds, and George Stephenson (1781-1848) was appointed its chief engineer. The 51 mile crossing of the Pennines was a major engineering project, involving the construction of numerous bridges, viaducts and tunnels. The railway opened for business in 1839. Printed by Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen.
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Coloured lithograph, drawn and lithographed by the American-born artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905) showing the Gauxholme viaduct on the Manchester and Leeds Railway which carries the railway across the Rochdale Canal at Todmorden, West Yorkshire. In 1837 Parliament gave permission for the building of a railway between Manchester and Leeds, and George Stephenson (1781-1848) was appointed its chief engineer. The 51 mile crossing of the Pennines was a major engineering project, involving the construction of numerous bridges, viaducts and tunnels. The railway opened for business in 1839. Printed by Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen.
Image No. 10302354 | This is a Rights Managed image.
Credit © NRM/Pictorial Collection / Science & Society Picture Library -- All rights reserved.
