Dr Church's steam coach, c1831. It was intended to operate a daily service between London and Birmingham but expanding railways, bad roads and opposition from horse-drawn coaches were against it. Chromolithograph, c1900.


Dr Church's steam coach, c1831. It was intended to operate a daily service between London and Birmingham but expanding railways, bad roads and opposition from horse-drawn coaches were against it. Chromolithograph, c1900.


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