Viaduct_across_the_Sankey_Valley,_from_Bury's_Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway,_1831_-_artfinder_122455.jpg
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Summary
Viaduct across the Sankey Valley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q18508293
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artist QS:P170,Q7794341
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Title |
Viaduct across the Sankey Valley
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Description |
English:
The
Sankey Viaduct
where the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
crosses the
Sankey Canal
at a height of 70 ft (21.3 m), allowing sailing craft called
Mersey Flats
to pass underneath.
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Date |
1831
date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | aquatint print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | The original watercolour picture by T.T. Bury is in the National Railway Museum , object number 1977-5743 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
T.T. Bury (1831),
Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
. London: Ackermann & Co; plate 4.
This scan/photograph from the Stapleton Collection, via the Bridgeman Art Library ( STC 122455 ) and Artfinder.com ( description page , image ) |
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