L1679 - Construction of Leicester Central Station

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11142

Title

Description

L1679 - Great Central Station 'portico with workmen', Leicester on 28th January 1899 (S. W. A. Newton's notes). The stations on the London Extension were among the final parts of the Line to be constructed, and less than two months after this photograph was taken, the Line's first express passenger train left Marylebone. These navvies would have worked for Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton, the contractor responsible for building 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.

L1679.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1679 - Great Central Station 'portico with workmen', Leicester on 28th January 1899 (S. W. A. Newton's notes). The stations on the London Extension were among the final parts of the Line to be constructed, and less than two months after this photograph was taken, the Line's first express passenger train left Marylebone. These navvies would have worked for Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton, the contractor responsible for building 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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4534.jpg

File size

2.17 MB

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JPEG