View on the Intersection Bridge on the Line of the St. Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway

Resource Type: Image | Posted on 3rd May 2011 by Jenny Porter

This painting, executed by S G Hughes, shows the Intersection Bridge on the St. Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway, which crosses the Liverpool and Manchester Railway near the foot of the Sutton-inclined plane, near Wides. A train of coal trucks can be seen passing over the bridge, while below it, a train on the Liverpool and Manchester line is just coming into view on the left-hand side. The Bridge’s architect, Charles Vignoles, helped build the Liverpool and Manchester Railway from 1826 to 1830, and from 1830 to 1833, built the St. Helens & Runcorn line. Later, Vignoles built the Kiev Bridge over the River Dnieper in the Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and the Tudela & Bilbao Railway in Spain

Tagged under: steam locomotives, liverpool and manchester railway, wagons, trucks, coal, st. helens and runcorn gap railway, intersection bridge, s g hughes, charles vignoles

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