Whiteleys Viaduct, Charleston Curves.
A.F. Tait, del et lith. Day & Haghe lith.rs to the Queen [1845]. Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 240 x 325mm (9½ x 12¼"). Faint mount burn. A view of the viaduct carrying the Manchester & Leeds Railway over the River Calder near Hebden Bridge, with navvies working on the line and a barge on the river below. Plate from 'Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway' (1845), by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. The volume depicted notable bridges and stations on the route, which opened in 1839. Abbey 411.
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