L1692 - Saunderton Tunnel pilot bore

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11089

Title

Description

L1692 - The construction of the Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway required the boring of a new tunnel at Saunderton in Buckinghamshire. He we see the pilot bore being excavated in the roughly dug out cutting. Loaded and empty tipping wagons stand on the contractor's rails outside the tunnel bore, while several 'pit-props' lean against the tunnel mouth. The tunnel was built by Mackay & Davies of Cardiff between 1901 and 1905, as part of the alternative route into London.

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.

L1692.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1692 - The construction of the Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway required the boring of a new tunnel at Saunderton in Buckinghamshire. He we see the pilot bore being excavated in the roughly dug out cutting. Loaded and empty tipping wagons stand on the contractor's rails outside the tunnel bore, while several 'pit-props' lean against the tunnel mouth. The tunnel was built by Mackay & Davies of Cardiff between 1901 and 1905, as part of the alternative route into London.

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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4508.jpg

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JPEG