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Taking Water at Parkside

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Date

1831

Artist

Published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834)

Collection

Image Link

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co65481/taking-water-at-parkside-print

Description

print. aquatint, handcoloured. Taking water at Parkside. 1831. Ackermann. Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
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CC BY-NC-SA

Image Credit

Courtesy of the Science Museum

Location

Newton-le-Willows, England

Country

Medium

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Category

Travel & Transport

TWW Comment

Parkside is famous as the site of an early train disaster. During the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, former cabinet member and MP for Liverpool William Huskisson was struck by the Rocket and died later that night.

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