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Description: | engraving, THIS
TROWELL
WAS USED BY
Mattw. Bell Esqr. M.P.
IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE
of
WILLINGTON DEAN BRIDGE,
On the Line of Railway between
Newcastle upon Tyne & North Shields
[side elevation of Willington viaduct]
AND ALSO BY
John Hodgson Hind Esqr. M.P.
IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE
of
OUSE BURN BRIDGE,
ON THE SAME LINE OF RAILWAY
ON THE
XIII JANUARY MDCCCXXXVII.
[side elevation of Ouseburn viaduct]
JOHN GREEN, ARCHITECT.
Ceremonial silver trowel used in laying the foundation stones of the Ouseburn and Willington viaducts on the Newcastle upon Tyne and North Shields Railway in 1837, with commemorative inscriptions and side elevations of each viaduct on the upper face of the blade and the railway company's crest underneath.
Part: blade and shaft, Material: metal, silver
Part: handle, Material: wood | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.science&industry.476818 | Go to resource |
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