This is a large and scarce antique print

Double page

Source - PUBLIC WORKS OF GREAT BRITAIN 1838

Size - circa 72cm x 55cm . (28 inch x 22 inches)

Some very minor staining and brown spot marking which is mainly on the edges

I have photographed the title page for information only, it is not included in the sale.

The book I have, had lost its spine binding and the boards were loose so I cannot really list this whole, so I have decided to list the plates inside individually.

It will be posted in some form of tubing.

This is a scarce antique print which would look great framed.

These ‘plate’ prints are printed on a type of heavy paper

Please see my other auctions for antique prints

I will combine postage for multiple purchases

Historical note …

In 1833 Robert Stephenson was appointed chief engineer of the London & Birmingham line. This was the first railway into London and involved solving difficult engineering problems. One of the most difficult was at Blisworth near Northampton. Stephenson's team of navvies had to cut their way through 1.5 miles of rock. Underneath the top layer of stone was a thick bed of clay, under which was found large amounts of water. Steam engines were used to pump out the water and two locomotives were put at each end of the cutting, to drag away the excavated rock and clay. While this was going on, 800 men were busy digging, wheeling and blasting. By the time the cutting was finished, over 3,000 barrels of gunpowder had been used. It was calculated that over a million cubic yards of material was dug, quarried or basted out at Blisworth Cutting