Opening of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Opening of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, bronze medal, 1840, by W. Wyon, view of town with railway crossing a viaduct, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY, rev. arms of Newcastle and Carlisle with caduceus and cornucopia, BY ORDER OF THE SHAREHOLDERS/MARCH XXIV MDCCCXL, 50 mm, (BHM1983). A few minor marks, otherwise good extremely fine. £Sold
The line was planned in 1824 and authorized in 1829. It was the first line to be laid across England and the first section between Hexham and Blaydon opened in 1835 and the remainder in 1838. Moyaux records an example of the medal in gold.
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