Wootton Bassett Incline.
Drawn from Nature and on Stone by J.C. Bourne. Printed by C.F. Cheffins.
[London, Ackermann & Co., 1846.]
Tinted lithograph hand colour. Printed area 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼").
A view of the new track with two road bridges at Wootton Bassett, Berkshire, from Bourne's 'History of the Great Western Railway'. The gradient was such that special engines were needed to climb the Incline.
[Ref: 45680] £230.00
[London, Ackermann & Co., 1846.]
Tinted lithograph hand colour. Printed area 260 x 365mm (10¼ x 14¼").
A view of the new track with two road bridges at Wootton Bassett, Berkshire, from Bourne's 'History of the Great Western Railway'. The gradient was such that special engines were needed to climb the Incline.
[Ref: 45680] £230.00