Building the retaining wall near Park Street mb-code DCA_100830 Four volumes are shown upright

Four volumes are shown upright

forcing them to sue for peace four days later and bringing an end to the War of the Fifth Coalition

The demon butcher

View of the foundations being dug for the first arch of London Bridge

Building the retaining wall near Park Street mb-code DCA_100830 Four volumes are shown uprightBuilding the retaining wall near Park Street, Camden Town, London, 17th September 1836 (1838). Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway. Under the guidance of chief engineer Robert Stephenson, the 112 mile line running from Curzon Street station in Birmingham to Euston station in London, took 20,000 men almost five years to complete. The railway was finally completed on 17 September 1838, becoming the first railway into London.