L1892 - Temporary wooden footbridge near Bulwell

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11330

Title

Description

L1892 - A temporary wooden footbridge spans a cutting on Contract No.1 (Annesley to Leake) near Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. Visible beyond are the wooden centrings of a three arch brick overbridge. One of these structures is thought to have been the way to Bulwell Isolation Hospital. The tracks on the right are the main line permanent way. The muddy tracks on the left are temporary contractor's rails, laid to ferry men, materials and machinery along the route under construction. Logan & Hemingway was the firm responsible for building this section of the Railway.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1892.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1892 - A temporary wooden footbridge spans a cutting on Contract No.1 (Annesley to Leake) near Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. Visible beyond are the wooden centrings of a three arch brick overbridge. One of these structures is thought to have been the way to Bulwell Isolation Hospital. The tracks on the right are the main line permanent way. The muddy tracks on the left are temporary contractor's rails, laid to ferry men, materials and machinery along the route under construction. Logan & Hemingway was the firm responsible for building this section of the Railway.

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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