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Cannon Street Railway Bridge.

Cannon Street Railway Bridge.
Cannon Street Railway Bridge.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: P27586
Description: Cannon Street Railway Bridge was built in 1863-6 by John Hawkshaw and John Wolfe-Barry to take the South Eastern Railway across the River Thames. On either side of the bridge, wharves loaded and unloaded a variety of goods.
Creator: Waldo McGillycuddy Eagar CBE
Date: c. 1934
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London. Eagar collection.
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