Liverpool Overhead Railway

Liverpool Overhead Railway

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Poster, Liverpool Overhead Railway, by W.T.T., about 1938. Coloured lithograph depicting the view looking down on the railway, with an electric train stopped at a dock station, and another in the distance. Passenger liners are berthed at the docks or sailing in the Mersey estuary. Accompanying text reads "A Round Trip of 13 Miles is the Best Way to see the Finest Docks in the World and the Giant Ocean Liners". The General Manager is identified as W E Box, who held the post from 1934 to 1943. Format double royal.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1978-9758
Materials:
paper
type:
poster