File:Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Victoria Bridge, now constructing across the St. Lawrence River at Montreal.jpg

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Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Victoria Bridge, now constructing across the St. Lawrence River at Montreal   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
S. Russel
Title
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Victoria Bridge, now constructing across the St. Lawrence River at Montreal
title QS:P1476,en:"Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Victoria Bridge, now constructing across the St. Lawrence River at Montreal"
label QS:Len,"Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Victoria Bridge, now constructing across the St. Lawrence River at Montreal"
label QS:Les,"Ferrocarril Grand Trunk del Canadá, el Puente Victoria, ahora la construcción a través del río San Lorenzo en Montreal"
label QS:Lfr,"Le chemin de fer du Grand Tronc, pont Victoria, construction au-dessus du fleuve Saint-Laurent, à Montréal"
label QS:Lde,"Grand Trunk Railway von Kanada, Victoria-Brücke, errichtet nun über den St. Lawrence River in Montreal"
label QS:Lnl,"Grand Trunk Spoorweg van Canada, Victoria Brug, nu onder constructie over de St. Lawrence Rivier bij Montreal"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1854
date QS:P571,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium ink and watercolor on paper lithograph
medium QS:P186,Q133036
Dimensions height: 38.2 cm (15 in); width: 80.5 cm (31.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,38.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,80.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1128578
Accession number
This image is available from the McCord Stewart Museum under the access number M969.81
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Credit line purchase of Mason and Woods Christie
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Text bottom:

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA. //
VICTORIA BRIDGE, //
NOW CONSTRUCTING ACROSS //
THE RIVER OF ST. LAWRENCE AT MONTREAL. //
Connecting by Railway //
CANADA //
WITH //
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. //
N.B. This view shews [sic] but half the Bridge, the opening through which is seen the town of Montreal being the centre. //
ENGINEERS __ ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ M.P. AND ALEXANDER MCKENZIE ROSS ESQ //
CONTRACTORS __ MESSrs PETO, BRASSY, BETTS & JACKSON.

Text left:

DRAWN & LITHd BY S. RUSSELL

Text right:

DAY & SON LITHrs TO THE QUEEN

Text bottom left:


Total length of Tube - 6138 feet //
D" - D" of Abutments - 484 feet //
D" - D" of Embankments - 2368 feet //
Making a total length of 8988 feets //
--- //
Weight of Iron in Tubes - 10400 tons //
Quantity of Masonry - 37500000 Cubic Feet //
//
LONDON PUBLISHED BY S. RUSSEL OCT 1854

Text bottom right:

Height above water of underside of Tube at centre opening - 60 feet //
D" - D" at Abutments - 36 feet //
Depth of Tube at centre of Bridge - 21 feet //
D" - D" at Abutments - 18.5 feet //
Width of Tube throughout - 16 feet //
--- //
The Bridge was commenced in the spring of 1854.

Seal bottom right:

E Pluribus Unum
Seal of the United States of America Coat of arms bottom leftCoat of Arms of the Province of Canada(?)
Source/Photographer McCord Museum

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