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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Summary
View of the Railway across Chat Moss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q18508293
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artist QS:P170,Q7794341 |
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Title |
View of the Railway across Chat Moss |
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Description |
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). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
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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