L1691 - Saunderton Tunnel fa'ade nearing completion

iBase ID

11092

Title

Description

L1691 - 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 almost completed tunnel portal looking rather conspicuous in the roughly excavated cutting. Scaffolding still surrounds the portal brickwork and mud covered contractor's rails disappear into 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.

L1691.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1691 - 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 almost completed tunnel portal looking rather conspicuous in the roughly excavated cutting. Scaffolding still surrounds the portal brickwork and mud covered contractor's rails disappear into 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

File metadata

File name

4510.jpg

File size

2.38 MB

File extension

JPEG