Viaduct across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Oxley near Wolverhampton
Architect/Designer | Brindley, James (1716-1772) |
Artist/Photographer | De Wolfe, Ivy |
Country | UK: England |
City | Oxley |
Subject Date | 1850 |
Image Date | 1960 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Victorian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 33724/2 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Canals ; Railway viaducts ; Arches ; Brickwork |
NOTES: Engineered by James Brindley, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal was opened from Stourport to Great Haywood in 1772 and follows the land contours through the valleys of the rivers Stour, Smestow, Penk and Sow. Built in the 1850s, the viaduct carried the former Geat Western Railway Birmingham to Shrewsbury line.
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