Viaduct across the Sankey Valley
Thomas Talbot Bury
1831
Aquatint
250 x 310 mm
Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Image and caption included by permission of Sotheran's of Sackville Street, London (The longest established antiquarian booksellers in the world — York 1761). [Mouse over the text for links, and see further comment below.]
This Merseyside L&MR viaduct was by the pioneering engineer George Stephenson. Completed in 1830, it is regarded as the first major railway viaduct in the world (see "Sankey Viaduct").
Other views from this series
- Entrance of the Railway at Edge-Hill, Liverpool
- Entrance into Manchester Across Water Street
- Excavation of Olive Mount, 4 Miles from Liverpool
- The Tunnel
Bibliography
Bury, Thomas Talbot. Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Plates by S.G.Hughes and H.Pyall after Bury. London: R. Ackermann, 1831.
"Sankey Viaduct (L&MR)." Engineering Times. Web. 25 August 2018.
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