Battersea_Park_railway_station_1861,_south_end_of_Grosvenor_Bridge.jpg


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English: Battersea Park (originally Battersea) railway station, at the southern end of Grosvenor (originally Victoria) railway bridge, in Battersea, S London in 1861. Beyond the railway bridge is the southern suspension tower of Chelsea Bridge. In the foreground is the tube constructed to test the London Pneumatic Despatch Company's railway system.
Date
Source "Pneumatic Dispatch" – Scientific American, Vol. 5, No. 14 (5 October 1861), p. 209
Author Jen Eyck
Camera location 51° 29′ 00.24″ N, 0° 08′ 45.24″ W Heading=270° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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5 October 1861 Gregorian