L1186 - Wheel-Tapper at work

L1186 - Wheel-Tapper at work
L1186 - Wheel-Tapper at work
L1186 - Wheel-Tapper at work
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8622
Title
L1186 - Wheel-Tapper at work
Description
L1186 - A portrait of a wheel-tapper at work, checking the wheels of a bogie carriage at Leicester Central Station, circa 1910. The job of a wheel-tapper was to test wheels for cracks or fractures. Using a wheel-tapper's hammer (seen in the photograph), the wheel-tapper would strike each wheel, and could tell by the sound it made whether the wheel was damaged. Note the Great Central Railway crest on the carriage side above the wheel-tapper's head.



British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection






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Maker
S.W.A. Newton
LCC ID. No.
L1186.tif
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Personal use only unless otherwise agreed
Notes
IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
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