L1884 - Headgear at a shaft on the Catesby tunnel

L1884 - Headgear at a shaft on the Catesby tunnel
L1884 - Headgear at a shaft on the Catesby tunnel
L1884 - Headgear at a shaft on the Catesby tunnel
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L1884 - Headgear at a shaft on the Catesby tunnel
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L1884 - This ramshackle timber structure was built to hold the headgear that ferried men and materials up and down shaft No.7 of Catesby tunnel. The wooden hut on the right of the picture housed the steam engine that powered the shaft's winch. Note the large stack of bricks piled beside the contractor's temporary railway, and the two Griff mineral wagons: the Nuneaton quarry firm was clearly providing some of the materials required for the tunnel's construction. T. Oliver & Son was the contractor employed to build this section of the Line (Contract No.4, Rugby to Woodford).



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S.W.A. Newton
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L1884.tif
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IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
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