L1187 - Brick arch bridge construction

iBase ID

8617

Title

Description

L1187 - Semi-completed three-arch bridge over a wide shallow cutting, probably (according to S. W. A. Newton's notes) the 'New Birstall Estate Bridge' just north of Leicester. The main brick structure is almost complete, but the parapet walls have still to be finished. There is a scaffold tower to the right of the bridge, with barrels and tools on the floor nearby. The roughly laid contractor's railway runs beneath the centre arch. This bridge was part of Contract No. 2, built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton between 1984 and 1899.

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.

L1187.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1187 - Semi-completed three-arch bridge over a wide shallow cutting, probably (according to S. W. A. Newton's notes) the 'New Birstall Estate Bridge' just north of Leicester. The main brick structure is almost complete, but the parapet walls have still to be finished. There is a scaffold tower to the right of the bridge, with barrels and tools on the floor nearby. The roughly laid contractor's railway runs beneath the centre arch. This bridge was part of Contract No. 2, built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton between 1984 and 1899.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

File metadata

File name

3090.jpg

File size

1.59 MB

File extension

JPEG