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IbO TALLIs's ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
1832. It is situate on the Camden-road, a little to the
west of the Holloway-road, and is to serve the purpose of
a House of Correction to the city of London. The design
is by Mr. Bunning, the city architect, and the erection
has been carried on under that gentleman's superinten-
dence. The estimated cost of the structure has been
laid down at ,£91,655. In May, 1852, it is calculated that
this prison, which is really an architectural ornament to
the Camden-road, will be completed.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS.
The nineteenth century is remarkable as the age of rail-
ways, one of the most valuable discoveries of science,
eclipsing in utility many of the famous inventions which
preceded it, and realizing, what would have seemed to our
forefathers, the wonders of enchantment. The earliest
railways were those used in transporting the mineral pro-
ducts of the country from the mines to their place of dis-
posal. The first locomotive was invented by Mr. George
Stevenson, and the first locomotive on a public line for
public purposes was essayed on the Stockton and Darling-
ton Railway. The era of the road, however, dates from
the Liverpool and Manchester line, an act for which was
obtained in 1825, and which was opened in 1830. From
this period, when it was found the new power would pay
the capitalist, railways became more common. Between
1832 and 1836 all the lines from the metropolis, except-
ing only the Great Northern, were originated. Much
opposition was experienced. The bill of the London and
Birmingham was at first rejected by the legislature; the |
1832. It is situate on the Camden-road, a little to the
west of the Holloway-road, and is to serve the purpose of
a House of Correction to the city of London. The design
is by Mr. Bunning, the city architect, and the erection
has been carried on under that gentleman's superinten-
dence. The estimated cost of the structure has been
laid down at ,£91,655. In May, 1852, it is calculated that
this prison, which is really an architectural ornament to
the Camden-road, will be completed.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS.
The nineteenth century is remarkable as the age of rail-
ways, one of the most valuable discoveries of science,
eclipsing in utility many of the famous inventions which
preceded it, and realizing, what would have seemed to our
forefathers, the wonders of enchantment. The earliest
railways were those used in transporting the mineral pro-
ducts of the country from the mines to their place of dis-
posal. The first locomotive was invented by Mr. George
Stevenson, and the first locomotive on a public line for
public purposes was essayed on the Stockton and Darling-
ton Railway. The era of the road, however, dates from
the Liverpool and Manchester line, an act for which was
obtained in 1825, and which was opened in 1830. From
this period, when it was found the new power would pay
the capitalist, railways became more common. Between
1832 and 1836 all the lines from the metropolis, except-
ing only the Great Northern, were originated. Much
opposition was experienced. The bill of the London and
Birmingham was at first rejected by the legislature; the |