Building the retaining wall near Park Street Product:Fine art poster The different effects of industrial

The different effects of industrial action on those leading strikes

singer Peter Noone in dark blue suit

Chauffeurs are standing by the cars

Robert Lowe

Seated at a desk

Building the retaining wall near Park Street Product:Fine art poster The different effects of industrialBuilding the retaining wall near Park Street, Camden Town, London, 17th September 1836 (1838). Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway. Under the guidance of chief engineer Robert Stephenson, the 112 mile line running from Curzon Street station in Birmingham to Euston station in London, took 20,000 men almost five years to complete. The railway was finally completed on 17 September 1838, becoming the first railway into London.