Opening of the Glasgow & Garnkirk Railway, 1831. The opening of the Glasgow & Garnkirk Railway, view of the depot looking South, 27 September 1831. The Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway ran from Monklands coalfield to Townhead station in Glasgow. It was built to carry coal into Glasgow, and although it was used by passengers most of the company's income was earned from mineral traffic. The locomotive St Rollox is starting its journey with a train of empty wagons. This lithograph was one of a series made by the pioneering photographer and artist David Octavius Hill, printed by W Day of London in 1832, and sold by Tilt and Ackermann. Photograph and text courtesy of the National Railway Museum. [Click on image to enlarge it.]
Related material
- Opening of the Glasgow & Garnkirk Railway, 1831 (I)
- Opening of the Glasgow & Garnkirk Railway, 1831 (II)
- Opening of the Glasgow & Garnkirk Railway, 1831 (III)
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