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Originally Posted by Pudwoppa

The vantage point looks to be in a valley, which could account for some of the apparent loss in height. The artist is also known to have tweaked pictures - maybe he was more interested in making it look good for a commission than being strictly accurate. That said, I struggle to imagine the town at the time to make a sure comment.

Are there many other images of Accrington before around 1850? I think the only other one I've seen is an illustration looking towards the viaduct from the other end of town (attached). I've heard various sources about main roads and certain buildings, but never many images. I'd love to get a better picture of what it actually looked like before the big boom years.

I have a copy of that post card, the depiction of the viaduct might be Ok, but the rest is wrong, where it shows Christ Chucrh, the Spire was on the West end of the building, and the hills in the back ground can't be Coppice, Moleside, & Hambledon, wrong shape.
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