Medal - Grand Junction Railway Opening
Features
| Location |
United Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Year | 1837 |
| Composition | Pewter |
| Diameter | 48 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Number | N# 400963 |
| References | BHM# 1790 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). Paul Withers, Bente R. Withers; 2016. The Token Book 3 / Volume 3. Tickets & Passes of Great Britain and Ireland. Galata, Llanfyllin, United Kingdom. Jeremy Reginald Buckley Taylor; 1978. The Architectural Medal: England in the Nineteenth Century. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Opening of the Grand Junction Railway
Obverse
Panormaic view of grand junction
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BIRMINGHAM LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER
LONDON LIVERPOOL BIRMINGHAM HAWLEY ST.
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY
BEGUN 1835
OPENED JULY 4.1837
COST L 1,500,000
J. LOCKE ENGR.
Engraver: Thomas Wells Ingram
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MILES FROM BIRMM.
AND
TIME IN GOING.
MILES:
W-HAMPΤΟΝ......14 1/2 .. 0.40
STAFFORD... 29 1/2.1.15
WHITMORE.......... 43 1/4 .. 1.55
CREWE 54.2.24
HARTFORD.......... 652.59
WARRINGTON...78..3.34
MANCHESTER...97.4.30
LIVERPOOL 975 4.30
TRAVELS THE WHOLE DISTANCE IN 41/2 H.
Engraver: Thomas Wells Ingram
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