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MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1859,
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MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1859,
Engraved with a border of scrollwork on a linear ground around a reserve inscribed "Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway. First sod cut by Lady Tredegar, at Brecon. April 10th. 1860", the wooden shaft terminating in a carved baronial coronet with silver mounts and applied on either side with a cut-out silver monogram, "RT", 33 in. long (84 cm.).
MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1859,
Engraved with a border of scrollwork on a linear ground around a reserve inscribed "Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway. First sod cut by Lady Tredegar, at Brecon. April 10th. 1860", the wooden shaft terminating in a carved baronial coronet with silver mounts and applied on either side with a cut-out silver monogram, "RT", 33 in. long (84 cm.).
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
The Hereford, Hay-on-Wye & Brecon Railway line was built up the Wye Valley in stages. The first section was agreed by Act of Parliament on 8/8/1859 and opened initially for goods traffic only in 1862 between Hereford & Moorhampton, reaching Hay-on-Wye on 11/7/1864. It became known as the "Egg & Bacon Railway" because of the farm produce it used to bring into Hereford. Later on the line was taken over by the Midland Railway & eventually closed to passengers on 31/12/1962.