Wylam Dilly (Side View)

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1862 in Northumberland

Collodion print on original mount, by Richard Henry Bleasdale of Aston, Birmingham. Hand-written inscription on verso: "Wylam Dilly Side view showing driving cogs & (illegible) from cylinders." Inventor William Hedley's sons William Jr (left) and George are pictured standing beside the locomotive. The Wylam Dilly was used to transport coal between the river Tyne and Wylam colliery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/16454
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 220 mm x 274 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Kodak Collection, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford