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  • Title
    Bethell's Broadsheet No 1 - History of the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
  • Reference
    YA2007.38
  • Production date
    01-01-1829 - 31-12-1830
    • Creator
    • Bethell, W MBiography
  • Scope and Content
    One broadsheet, entitled 'Bethell's Broadsheet No 1, History of the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, with a detail of the difficulties and expenses attendant on the completion of that stupendous National undertaking and a descriptive sketch of the scenery on the line of the Road.'
  • Physical description
    The broadsheet is in a fair condition. There is large split along the central horizontal fold, slightly affecting the text, with other small tears along the folds.
  • Language
    English
  • Archival history
    Purchased from an online shop on eBay.
  • Level of description
    ITEM
  • Repository name
    Science and Industry Museum
  • Subject
    Railroads
  • Conditions governing access
    Open access.
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
    • Related object
    • Collection of engravings, photographs and prints relating to the Liverpool and Manchester RailwayNotes
    • Poster for the Great Railway ExpositionNotes
    • Notes
    • Collection of lithograph prints relating to the Liverpool and Manchester RailwayNotes
    • Commemorative stamps issued by the Royal Mail for the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester RailwayNotes
    • Newspaper Cuttings Concerning the Liverpool and Manchester RailwayNotes
    • Aquatinted illustration - Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester RailwayNotes
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