File:View of the Railway across Chat Moss, from Bury's Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831 - artfinder 267570 full 1024x836.jpg
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[edit]View of the Railway across Chat Moss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q18508293
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View of the Railway across Chat Moss |
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English: The crossing of Chat Moss by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The creation of a stable trackbed across this treacherous area of deep peat bog was one of the most difficult challenges faced by the constructors of the line. |
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Date | 1831 / 1833 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | aquatint print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | The original watercolour picture by T.T. Bury is in the National Railway Museum, object 1978-1633 (no image online as of May 2012). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T.T. Bury (revised edition 1833), Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. London: Ackermann & Co; plate 5. This scan/photograph from the Stapleton Collection, via the Bridgeman Art Library (STC 267570) and Artfinder.com (description page, image) |
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