Collection search - Liverpool and Manchester Railroad, opened 1830

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Liverpool and Manchester Railroad, opened 1830

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3637628

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National Medal Collection

Liverpool and Manchester Railroad, opened 1830
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place:

Great Britain

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal / médaille : white metal ; 026.01 gr
Support 46.000 x mm

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General note:

Originally from Medal Accession number 1976-030. See medal accession file.

Physical description note:

Obverse: view of a viaduct in a landscape with trees, fields, and water., Reverse: an open wreath of laurel leaves encircling.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: VIADUCT OVER THE / SANKEY CANAL & VALLEY / 14 1/2 MILES FROM LIVERPOOL / G. STEPHENSON ESQ. / ENGINEER, Inscription: reverse: THE LIVERPOOL / AND MANCHESTER / RAILROAD / THIS GRAND NATIONAL / UNDERTAKING / HAD THE ROYAL ASSENT / APRIL 12 1827 - OPENED / SEPTEMBER 15 1830 / IN THE PRESENCE / OF HIS GRACE THE / DUKE OF WELLINGTON / AND OTHER / DISTINGUISHED / PERSONAGES / OTTLEY BIRM., Inscription: edge: blank
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commemoration

architecture ornamentation
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Private

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1976-030 MED
1986-079 X PIC
05363
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Medals 5363

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-5363

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