L1440 - Pit shaft near Highfield Farm, Northamptonshire

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10381

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L1440 - 'Pit shaft No. 3' (S. W. A. Newton's notes) near Highfield Farm, Northamptonshire, circa 1897. The shafts were built for the construction of Catesby tunnel, the longest tunnel on the London Extension. The pit's headgear was driven by a steam engine housed in the building on the right of the photograph. Note the large piles of bricks that would be lowered to the teams of navvies working below. The tunnel was built by T. Oliver & Son as part of their construction of Contract No. 4 (Rugby to Woodford).

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1440.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative

Exhibitions with this image

L1440 - 'Pit shaft No. 3' (S. W. A. Newton's notes) near Highfield Farm, Northamptonshire, circa 1897. The shafts were built for the construction of Catesby tunnel, the longest tunnel on the London Extension. The pit's headgear was driven by a steam engine housed in the building on the right of the photograph. Note the large piles of bricks that would be lowered to the teams of navvies working below. The tunnel was built by T. Oliver & Son as part of their construction of Contract No. 4 (Rugby to Woodford).

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

More information about these photographs and the Great Central Railway can be found here

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

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