About this image...

Image Title: The Railway At Balaklava, Looking South, 1855

Creator: Day & Son.,

Date: 1855 May 24th

Summary: Print shows the railway under construction in Balaklava near the harbor, also shows masts of ships in the harbor and the ruins of the old Genoese castle on a hill in the background.

Notes: Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. London : Published by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., publishers to Her Majesty, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East ; Paris : Goupil & Cie., 1855, [plate 28].

Related Names: Simpson, William, 1823-1899

Subjects: Balaklava (Ukraine)--1850-1860
Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military facilities--British--Ukraine--Balaklava
Laborers--Ukraine--Balaklava--1850-1860
Railroad construction & maintenance--Ukraine--Balaklava--1850-1860
Railroads--Ukraine--Balaklava--1850-1860

Places: Balaklava Ukraine

Original Media: Lithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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