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Drawing, Gelt Bridge From the Road Looking Down the
River, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Hayton, Cumberland,
by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835.
Scene of construction workers building a viaduct above a
river. To left of foreground, beside the river, lies a pile
of uncut logs and a small stone building. To either side of
composition rise wooded riverbanks.
Carmichael executed 22 pencil drawings of the construction
of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at the suggestion of
the Rail Company.
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