L1538 - Construction of Great Central Station, Leicester

iBase ID

10831

Title

Description

L1538 - Construction of Leicester Central Station, circa 1898. Note the hydraulic buffer stops at the centre of the photograph, and the Midland Railway's tipping wagon, used by the Great Central Railway for the duration of the building work. The station was built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton, the contractor responsible for 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

Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1538.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1538 - Construction of Leicester Central Station, circa 1898. Note the hydraulic buffer stops at the centre of the photograph, and the Midland Railway's tipping wagon, used by the Great Central Railway for the duration of the building work. The station was built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton, the contractor responsible for 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

File metadata

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4384.jpg

File size

1.83 MB

File extension

JPEG