Catalogue description Midland Railway's Derbyshire lines extension, photographic record

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Details of Rowsley to New Mills Extension Collection
Reference: Rowsley to New Mills Extension Collection
Title: Midland Railway's Derbyshire lines extension, photographic record
Description:

This album records the construction of the Midland Railway's Derbyshire lines from Rowsley to Buxton, and the extension from Miller's Dale through the Peak Forest to New Mills. The albumen prints show navvies working on the construction of bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the result of a landslip at Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1865. There are also extracts from the 'Illustrated London News' and local newspapers describing progress on the lines.

 

Not listed. The album is available for consultation by special request.
Date: 1860-1865
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Midland Railway
Physical description: 36 prints in one album
Subjects:
  • Railway transport

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