L1549 - Girder underbridge crossing Blackbird Road, Leicester

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10784

Title

Description

L1549 - Girder underbridge crossing Blackbird Road, Leicester, circa 1898. The imposing structure and the street scene beneath, capture the impact of the railway age, and the changes it brought to Victorians and their cities. This section of the London Extension (Contract No.2, Leake to Aylestone) was built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton between 1894-1899.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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

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

Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1549.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1549 - Girder underbridge crossing Blackbird Road, Leicester, circa 1898. The imposing structure and the street scene beneath, capture the impact of the railway age, and the changes it brought to Victorians and their cities. This section of the London Extension (Contract No.2, Leake to Aylestone) was built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton between 1894-1899.

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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4362.jpg

File size

1.39 MB

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JPEG