L3297 - Navvies laying the Permanent Way in Buckinghamshire

iBase ID

8410

Title

Description

L3297 - This view, possibly taken near Ashendon on the Great Western & Great Central Joint line, shows a gang of navvies laying the permanent way on this section. The navvy nearest the camera appears to be holding a pry bar, which was used to push rails into position. The gang visible in the distance are wielding keying hammers, which were used to hammer in the wooden keys that held the rails securely in the cast iron chairs.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L3297.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L3297 - This view, possibly taken near Ashendon on the Great Western & Great Central Joint line, shows a gang of navvies laying the permanent way on this section. The navvy nearest the camera appears to be holding a pry bar, which was used to push rails into position. The gang visible in the distance are wielding keying hammers, which were used to hammer in the wooden keys that held the rails securely in the cast iron chairs.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

File metadata

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8420.jpg

File size

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JPEG