Description:During the 1840s two railways were constructed through the park at Shugborough. To minimise the damage fences and trees were used to hide the trains from view. The tunnel and bridges were designed to be very grand, in keeping with the park's classical monuments.
This view shows the ornamental bridge which carries the Trent Valley railway line over Lichfield Drive. The figures on the plinths are of lions and seahorses, supporters of the Earl of Lichfield's coat of arms.
This photograph is from an album of local views taken by Edward King Tenison (1805-1878), a highly regarded photographer in the early decades of photography. His family seat was at Kilronen, Roscommon, Ireland and he married Louisa Mary Anne Anson, daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield, also an accomplished amateur photographer. These images were probably taken during Tenison's visits to his wife's family home, Shugborough.