File:Midhurst rly first sod.jpg

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Cutting the first turf of the Chichester and Midhurst Railway
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Unknown engraver employed by the Illustrated London News
Title
Cutting the first turf of the Chichester and Midhurst Railway
Description
English: Lord Henry Lennox cutting the first sod for the construction of the Chichester and Midhurst Railway, West Sussex, England, on 22 April 1865. He did so extremely energetically and earned the admiration of those who were present
Date 29 April 1865
date QS:P571,+1865-04-29T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer Published in the Illustrated London News on 29 April 1865.
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Cutting the first sod for the Midhurst Railway

29 April 1865Gregorian

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