L1570 - Steam shovel and navvies at Brackley Station Yard, Northamptonshire

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10697

Title

Description

L1570 - 'Steam navvy, Brackley Station Yard', Northamptonshire (S.W.A. Newton's notes). The photograph was taken around 1897, and it illustrates that despite the use of steam powered machinery, large numbers of men and horses were still required for the Railway's construction. The engines wooden cab, although a fairly tidy example, is a contractor's modification, built to afford the men inside some shelter from the elements. This section of the Line (Contract No.5 Woodford to Brackley) was built by Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1570.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1570 - 'Steam navvy, Brackley Station Yard', Northamptonshire (S.W.A. Newton's notes). The photograph was taken around 1897, and it illustrates that despite the use of steam powered machinery, large numbers of men and horses were still required for the Railway's construction. The engines wooden cab, although a fairly tidy example, is a contractor's modification, built to afford the men inside some shelter from the elements. This section of the Line (Contract No.5 Woodford to Brackley) was built by Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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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4320.jpg

File size

1.98 MB

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JPEG