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SearchWelcome to Gathering the Jewels. Here you will find over 20,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, libraries and record offices in Wales. | Engraving of Knucklas railway viaduct, c. 1865This item comes from: Powys County Archives Office (Item reference: R/D/CL/1/13). If you would like to see the original item, or require information regarding copyright, please contact the repository/contributor named above.An engraving of the elegant new railway viaduct at Knucklas on the Central Wales Railway, originally published in the Illustrated London News in the 1860s. The height of the structure, and of the Shropshire hills beyond, were somewhat exaggerated here by the Victorian artist, but nevertheless, it was one of a great many impressive achievements by Victorian engineers. Gathering the Jewels ref: GTJ61138 |
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