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A steam train is travelling across a viaduct at Nanterre with a road, a carriage and horses underneath. Engraving by Lemaitre after C. Rauch.

The Radcliffe Viaduct, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire: a locomotive passing over the River Trent, and cattle drinking in the river. Lithograph by George Childs.

Niagara River: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the river between Canada and the USA. Wood engraving, 1862.

London, Ontario: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the Thames River towards the town. Wood engraving, 1854.

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Niagara River: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the river between Canada and the USA. Wood engraving, 1862.

London, Ontario: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the Thames River towards the town. Wood engraving, 1854.

A steam train is travelling across a viaduct at Nanterre with a road, a carriage and horses underneath. Engraving by Lemaitre after C. Rauch.

The Radcliffe Viaduct, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire: a locomotive passing over the River Trent, and cattle drinking in the river. Lithograph by George Childs.