Picture No | 10219794 |
Date | 1855 |
Description | The Sebastopol-Balaklava Railway, Crimean War, 1855. |
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Engraving showing the progress of the Balaklava railway towards the church of Kadikoi, 1855. The railway linking Balaklava with the heights above Sebastopol was opened on 26th March 1855. It was used to bring up siege equipment and remove the wounded.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1855. p 272. By Robert Landells. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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