Early British railway company (1837–1846)

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London and Birmingham Railway: the railway track cut through rock at Blisworth, Northamptonshire, with a viaduct built to cross it. Tinted lithograph by J.C. Bourne, 1838.

London and Birmingham Railway: the viaduct over the River Avon at Wolston, Warwickshire. Tinted lithograph by J.C. Bourne, 1838.

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London and Birmingham Railway

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Works from the collections

London and Birmingham Railway: the railway track cut through rock at Blisworth, Northamptonshire, with a viaduct built to cross it. Tinted lithograph by J.C. Bourne, 1838.

London and Birmingham Railway: the viaduct over the River Avon at Wolston, Warwickshire. Tinted lithograph by J.C. Bourne, 1838.