Crumlin Viaduct

Made:
1857-1870
maker:
MacLure and MacDonald
Crumlin Viaduct Coloured lithograph: Crumlin Viaduct on the Taff Vale Extension

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Crumlin Viaduct
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Coloured lithograph: Crumlin Viaduct on the Taff Vale Extension
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coloured lithograph, Crumlin Viaduct on the Taff Vale Extension of the West Midland Railway, by H J Cooke, 1860. Depicts the viaduct spanning the Kendon and Ebbw valleys at Crumlin. A passenger train is crossing the viaduct with the town and an arched stone bridge below. Another passenger train runs on the railway passing through the town below the viaduct. In the foreground at right is a group of people looking at the scene, one of them watching through a telescope. At bottom left are the words "Maclure MacDonald & MacGregor, Liths to the Queen, London" and at right "Sketched by H J Cooke". Additional text beneath reads "Constructed exclusively of iron. Length 1658 feet, Height 200 feet. Designed and erected by T. W. Kennard Esq C.E. To whom this plate is respectfully dedicated by the publishers, J. M. Wilson & H. N. Maynard, Crumlin".

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1978-352/3
Materials:
paper and lithograph
type:
print
credit:
Black, P.M.