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Image Title: The Aerial Steam Carriage, 1843

Date: Ca. 1843

Summary: Pictorial lettersheet shows British inventor William Samuel Henson's proposed steam powered flying machine in an imaginary flight over the Thames River, London, 1843. Attempts to fly a model of the aerial steam carriage were not successful. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)

Subjects: Aeronautics--England--1840-1850
Henson, William S.--(William Samuel),--1805?-1888--Associated objects
London (England)--1840-1850

Places: London England

Original Media: Etching

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