Title

'The Last of the Coaches'

Caption

'The Last of the Coaches'. (c1840). The Royal Mail coach service, begun in the 1780s, flourished until the coming of the railways in 1830. It was not long before mail was being carried by the cheaper and faster railway and the coaches wee phased out. This picture shows the London to Louth, Lincolnshire, coach being loaded onto the railway and the four horses which would have drawn it being taken away. (c1845). Lithograph.

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Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library

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Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP07104_460001269

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Rights managed

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26,7Mb (2,9Mb) / 11,8in x 8,8in / 3543 x 2635 (300dpi)