The Railway Inn, Railway Street

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iBase ID

226999

Reference identifier

ENE190820081062

Title

The Railway Inn, Railway Street

Place

Nelson

General notes

The Railway Hotel and Railway Street were both built in 1849, the same year as the Railway Station was opened.
Built in a modest style it reflected the relative minor importance of the area then know as Hibson.
Over the next 50 years, the area had been transformed by the industrial revolution, the population of the new Town of Nelson increased from 6068 in 1951 to 44,045 in 1901.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

20.2/ 14.9 cm

Year of image

1929

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Locator

M851/ Railway/2

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