Aquatinted illustration - The Tunnel
- Made:
- 1831
- part of archive:
- Collection of engravings, photographs and prints relating to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- maker:
- Pyall, Henry and Ackermann, Rudolph
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Plate 1 of a series of aquatints of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, titled 'The Tunnel'. It was engraved by Henry Pyall, after an image by Thomas Talbot Bury, and was published by R. Ackermann, London, 1831.
Using gunpowder and muscle power, railway builders tunnelled for over two kilometres under Liverpool’s bustling streets. This tunnel carried the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to the docks where goods where loaded and unloaded.
The tunnel was created by 300 workers hacking with simple tools and blasting with explosives. They dug out earth and rock by candlelight. Once complete, the tunnel was lit by gas.
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- Identifier:
- YA1983.9/4/1
- Access:
- Open access.
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