L3384 - J. H. Wilson steam excavator

L3384 - J. H. Wilson steam excavator
L3384 - J. H. Wilson steam excavator
L3384 - J. H. Wilson steam excavator
Feedback
Purchase this image
Required information
Media options
iBase ID
10350
Title
L3384 - J. H. Wilson steam excavator
Description
L3384 - The great majority of steam excavators were Ruston's, and this photograph is one of only two taken by Newton showing another, more rare type. As such it forms an important addition to the archive. The machine in question - a crane navvy, with a steam thrust cylinder in the bucket arm - was built by John H. Wilson of Liverpool, and is more commonly associated with the building of the Manchester Ship Canal. In this instance it is being used to dig a cutting for the railway from Wotton Underwood to Haddenham, part of a section contracted to Louis P. Nott. Navvies assist in the excavation, and earth is towed away in a tipping wagon pulled along a contractor's railway.



British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection






More information about these photographs and the Great Central Railway can be found here
Maker
S.W.A. Newton
LCC ID. No.
L3384.tif
Image Use
Personal use only unless otherwise agreed
Notes
IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
Exhibitions with this image