L3371 - Construction in cutting, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire

iBase ID

10454

Title

Description

L3371 - In this photograph Newton has captured a hive of activity surrounding construction of new railway lines. A three arch overbridge looms across a series of contractor's tracks set in a wide cutting, believed to be located in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Towards the left of the image a rake of tipping wagons are piled full of earth, whilst directly in front of them, underneath the middle arch of the bridge, a steam excavator works at completing the cutting. Navvies in the background appear to be hard at work levelling the base of the cutting, whilst in the foreground a wheelbarrow and barrel lie abandoned whilst the men take a break.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L3371.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L3371 - In this photograph Newton has captured a hive of activity surrounding construction of new railway lines. A three arch overbridge looms across a series of contractor's tracks set in a wide cutting, believed to be located in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Towards the left of the image a rake of tipping wagons are piled full of earth, whilst directly in front of them, underneath the middle arch of the bridge, a steam excavator works at completing the cutting. Navvies in the background appear to be hard at work levelling the base of the cutting, whilst in the foreground a wheelbarrow and barrel lie abandoned whilst the men take a break.

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

File metadata

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8794.jpg

File size

1.94 MB

File extension

JPEG