The Greatest Wonders Of The Age Handbill, c1840 - 1842

Item — Box: John Barmwell Taylor Box 1

Reference code: 178T1.3

Scope and Contents

Flying railway device, and signal telegraph device, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Mechanical Railway consisting of two inclined planes and a circle of between 40 or 50 ft in circumference rising 14ft. Printed by Johnston, Red Lion Court, Charterhouse Lane.

Dates

Creation: c1840 - 1842

Creator

Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 (Person)
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) (Organisation)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 126mm x 191mm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Physical Description

Handwritten note on the item states the date 1840, but the exhibition is reported to have been in 1842. See The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Monday, September 26, 1842