Description
Additional Makers: Kell Brothers (london); Publisher - John Weale (firm), London
Inscribed in the print, l.l.: S. RUSSEL, DEL.; l.c.: PUBLISHED BY JOHN WEALE, LONDON, 1860.; l.r.: KELL BROS. LITHRS CASTLE ST HOLBORN.; l.c.: PROPOSED TUBULAR BRIDGE, / FOR CROSSING / THE NIAGARA GORGE.; l.l.: Total Length___840 Feet. / Centre Span___400 do. / Side Span___200 do.; l.r.: Height above Water___224 Feet. / Width of Tube for double track___24 do. / D9___Carriage Way each side___13 do. /Do_Footpath___do.___do.___13 do. Inscribed (1914?) in pen and black ink, l.c.: The proposed bridge was never erected.
Published in James Hodges, 'Construction of the Great Victoria Bridge', folio vol., last plate (in Library's copy). J.R. Abbey, 'Travel', 631:64.
Medium: Lithograph printed with light bluish grey and light orange yellow tints, col. with watercolour, comp. with border drawn in gold metallic paint, on wove paper. Laid down on cardboard
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.
Location
Niagara Gorge, Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Country
USA
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
