L1868 - Girder overbridge and permanent way near Loughborough

iBase ID

11459

Title

Description

L1868 - Looking north along the permanent way at the completed skew girder overbridge (No. 337) built to take the Leicester Road (now the A6) across the Last Main Line near Loughborough. The brick arch structure beyond is bridge No. 336. Before this section of the railway was opened for traffic, a layer of ballast would have been packed over the sleepers.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1868.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1868 - Looking north along the permanent way at the completed skew girder overbridge (No. 337) built to take the Leicester Road (now the A6) across the Last Main Line near Loughborough. The brick arch structure beyond is bridge No. 336. Before this section of the railway was opened for traffic, a layer of ballast would have been packed over the sleepers.

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

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4696.jpg

File size

1.40 MB

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JPEG