Object Details
editor
Simms, Frederick Walter 1803-1865
author
Elmes, James 1782-1862
publisher
Weale, John 1791-1862
printers
Cole and Taylor
former owner
United States Patent Office Scientific Library DSI
Library of Congress DSI
United States Bureau of Topographical Engineers DSI
United States Bureau of Public Roads Library DSI
Subject
London and North-Western Railway
Notes
Half-title.
Engraved title page with pictorial vignette, "London & Birmingham Railway Station Watford."
Engraved plates and text illustrations numbered in one sequence.
Part 4 has separate, engraved title page: "A scientific, historical and commercial survey of the harbour and port of London," by James Elmes.
Colophon: Cole and Taylor, printers.
With errata slip bound-in at end.
Contents
Text in four divisions, separately paged: I. Railways, locomotive engines, and carriages. II. Canals, wharf walls, bridges, and the docks and port of Liverpool. III. Turnpike roads, iron, steel, and gas works. IV. The port and docks of London
Date
1838
19th century
Call number
TA57 .S56 1838 folio
TA57.S59X
Type
Books
Pictorial works
Physical description
[5], viii-xii, 72, 32, 24, 70 pages, [142] leaves of plates (7 folded or double) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 56 cm
Place
Great Britain
England
London
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Railroads--History
Railroad engineering--History
Civil engineering--History
Canals--Design and construction
Bridges--Design and construction
Blast furnaces--Design and construction
Docks
Wharves
Record ID
siris_sil_49657