London and Birmingham Railway, Watford Viaduct
George Watson Buck (1789 - 1854)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1837
Materials
Paper
Measurements
255 x 430 mm
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624215
Summary
Print, hand-coloured lithograph, London and Birmingham Railway, Watford Viaduct published by George Watson Buck. Published by Buck (the engineer) of the Watford Viaduct. Crossing the River Colne near Watford, this is a viaduct on Robert Stephenson's London and Birmingham Railway, opened in 1839, and was designed by George Watson Buck, resident engineer on this stretch of the line.
Makers and roles
George Watson Buck (1789 - 1854), engineer