L1544 - Contractor's railway and broken wagon

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10806

Title

Description

L1544 - Broken wagon lying by the contractor's railway at a cutting near Birstall, Leicester, circa 1897. The speed at which the contractors worked meant that these temporary rails, which were laid to bring men, materials and machinery to and from the construction sites, were notorious for being poorly laid and maintained. As a result there must have been many mechanical failures and derailments. Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton built this section of the Railway (Contract No.2, Leake to Aylestone).

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1544.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1544 - Broken wagon lying by the contractor's railway at a cutting near Birstall, Leicester, circa 1897. The speed at which the contractors worked meant that these temporary rails, which were laid to bring men, materials and machinery to and from the construction sites, were notorious for being poorly laid and maintained. As a result there must have been many mechanical failures and derailments. Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton built this section of the Railway (Contract No.2, Leake to Aylestone).

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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4372.jpg

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JPEG