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William Notman
The Victoria Tubular Bridge, across the St. Lawrence, Montreal. Total length will be 10,284 feet, or about 50 yards less than 2 miles - now building
1859 (ca, published)
Engraving
Google Books
LL/38928
The New World in 1859 being the United States and Canada, Illustrated and Described (London: H. Bailliere, ca. 1859), Part Third, Upper and Lower Canada, p.14
The Victoria Bridge project was photographed extensively by William Notman but it is not certain who engraved this illustration.
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William Notman, 1859 (ca, published), "The Victoria Tubular Bridge, across the St. Lawrence, Montreal. Total length will be 10,284 feet, or about 50 yards less than 2 miles - now building", Engraving, Google Books, LL/38928
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