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Identifier: viewsonnewcastle00blac (find matches)
Title: Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Year: 1836 (1830s)
Authors: Blackmore, John Carmichael, James Wilson, 1800-1868, ill
Subjects: Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Railroads -- Great Britain
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WEST END OF HALTWHISTLE TUNNEL. This Tunnel is 200 yards long, running under the turnpike-road and through a hill, at a pointcalled Whitchester. A little to the west of the tunnel, the Railway occupies part of the bed ofthe river Tyne, which was there filled up and an embankment formed, the south side of which,next the river, is protected by a facing of stone from the scouring of the floods. In order todivert the turnpike-road to the north of the Railway, a cutting through rock, 50 feet deep, wasrendered necessary at this place. On the south bank of the Tyne is seen Unthank Hall, now the seat of Dixon Dixon, Esq., bywhom it has been lately purchased and much improved. It is most beautifully situated, andcommands interesting views both up and down the river,. LIBRARYUNI VERSIlVS ILLINOIS
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NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, FROM BEDIIEUGH STATION. This view is taken from Redheugh on the south bank of the Tyne, immediately aboveone of the Depots of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, and where it unites with the BrandlingJunction Railway, which communicates with Gateshead, South Shields, and Sunderland. Rail-way Passengers are at present conveyed to and from Newcastle by Steam Boats to a station nearthe bridge, on the opposite shore to this Depot; but this mode of transit is only a temporaryexpedient, and will be unnecessary when the si;ition, which is now in the course of formation tothe west of the Infirmary at Newcastle, is completed, to reach which the Tyne will be crossed bybridge at Scotswood, as represented in the following view. A view of Newcastle in some respects similar to the present one, but taken at agreater distance, was given in a former plate; after various attempts to obtain a differentview, it was found that none presented so good an outline of the characteristic feat

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  • bookid:viewsonnewcastle00blac
  • bookyear:1836
  • bookdecade:1830
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Blackmore__John
  • bookauthor:Carmichael__James_Wilson__1800_1868__ill
  • booksubject:Newcastle_and_Carlisle_Railway
  • booksubject:Railroads____Great_Britain
  • bookpublisher:_Newcastle__Tyne_
  • bookpublisher:_Wear____Currie_and_Bowman__Newcastle___Thurnham__Carlisle___C_Tilt__London
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • booksponsor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • bookleafnumber:73
  • bookcollection:americana
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