L2314 - Brick arch bridge and contractor's line near Aylestone

L2314 - Brick arch bridge and contractor's line near Aylestone
L2314 - Brick arch bridge and contractor's line near Aylestone
L2314 - Brick arch bridge and contractor's line near Aylestone
Feedback
Purchase this image
Required information
Media options
iBase ID
7354
Title
L2314 - Brick arch bridge and contractor's line near Aylestone
Description
L2314 - A single line of well laid contractor's railway passes beneath a three arch brick overbridge near Aylestone, circa 1897. Apparently unaware of Newton's camera, two navvies continue to work at the foot of the cutting. These men would most likely have worked for Topham, Jones & Railton, the firm contracted to build this section of the Last Main Line (Contract No.3, Aylestone to Rugby). Note the contrast between the left side of the cutting, which has been neatly dressed with an even slope, and that on the right, which has yet to be dressed and remains like a spoil tip.



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.
L2314.tif
Image Use
Personal use only unless otherwise agreed
Notes
IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
Exhibitions with this image