Looking from Taplow Reach with Maidenhead bridge (1777) beyond. The railway bridge was built for the Great Western Railway by Brunel in 1838 and was admired by Turner who used it as the setting for his painting 'Rain Steam and Speed'.

Date:
1885
Location:
Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Taplow, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
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Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Maidenhead, Windsor And Maidenhead
Reference:
CC72/00332
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Content

This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Curator: Davies, Angela

Keywords

Victorian Railway Bridge, Waterscape