L1878 - Navvies taking a meal break

L1878 - Navvies taking a meal break
L1878 - Navvies taking a meal break
L1878 - Navvies taking a meal break
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Title
L1878 - Navvies taking a meal break
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L1878 - A group of navvies, seen here taking what is doubtless a well deserved meal break from their work on the Neasden to Northolt Line, circa 1903. Given that Newton was such a prolific photographer of navvies, there are few examples of women joining the men as they rest. This woman probably lived with her husband at one of the hutted camps erected by the contractors to house the navvies and their families.



British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection




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Maker
S.W.A. Newton
LCC ID. No.
L1878.tif
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IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
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