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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station: lnwrcov2344
View of the original bridge which carried Earlsdon Lane over
the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837. It would appear that the railway is
very near to completion as the track appears to be permanent way and not
temporary or contractors trackwork. The navvy in the foreground
appears to be dressing the embankment whilst the navvies in the cutting appear
to be carrying out a final inspection of the track. This engraving was brought
to my attention by Geoff Barwick who had identified that the image 'lnwrcov578' is problematic. Geoff wrote, 'The second
bridge in your picture is a figment of the artist's imagination (as is the
'cutting' for the road). The lie of the land is such that there is an
embankment in that area.'
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