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Title: An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroads -- Great Britain Europe -- Guidebooks England -- Guidebooks
Publisher: (London) : Morton & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e doubled.Shortly after this second attempt he was removed as a prisoner to HurstCastle, on tlie mainland. The ruins of Carisbrook Castle are picturesque,and some parts are in good preservation ; other portions have been restored.There is a celebrated well and a remarkable donkey. The first is remark-able for its depth, and the second for its longevity. The present animalhas been doing duty, by winding up water, since 185 i. NOTE. Considerable care has been taken to make tlie Guide fairly representative ofthe leading points in connection with the London Brighton and Soutii CoastRailway. Embracing as it does a great variety of subjects and a large numberof localities, it is quite possible that some noteworthy points may have escapedattention. The Editor will therefore be glad to receive information, hints, orcorrections, on any of the topics which have been treated.Address— Editor London Brighton and South Coast Guide,Morton & Co., 7 Water Lane, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. 242 ti
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-i^rr^ THE ROYAL .MAIL. One of the most important improvements in Central London is that of theHolborn Viaduct. The bridge which now spans the Valley of the Fleet forms an agreeable break in that long line of stately buildings which fringethe great artery that runs direct from Newgate Street to the West End.Conspicuous in its centre is the splendid facade of the London, Chatham,and Dover Railway Station, its outlines clear, sharp, and effective. Onthe opposite side of the road there arises in quaint beauty the spire of St.Sepulchres, from whose belfry is still rung out the knell which tells thehour of the doomed. A little to the right loom the general outlines ofNewgate, dark, threatening, and grim, forming a heavy centre to the brightlines of new warehouses by which it is surrounded. In the open roadwaythe rush of life surges into eddies or breaks into smaller streams at therailway station entrance. It is from the spot here indicated that the RoyalMail speeds forth, morning and night

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