L1713 - Steam powered excavator and tipping wagon, Birstall, Leicester

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11004

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Description

L1713 - Ruston built 'steam navvy just south of Birstall Pit Lane', Leicester (S.W.A. Newton's notes). Forty three of these formidable machines were employed along the Last Main Line. Originally, there would have been no cab for the engine's crew, but, as with this example, contractors often fashioned their own from wood and corrugated metal. This section of the Railway was built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1713.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1713 - Ruston built 'steam navvy just south of Birstall Pit Lane', Leicester (S.W.A. Newton's notes). Forty three of these formidable machines were employed along the Last Main Line. Originally, there would have been no cab for the engine's crew, but, as with this example, contractors often fashioned their own from wood and corrugated metal. This section of the Railway was built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton.

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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