L2875 - Pit headgear at Catesby tunnel

iBase ID

8670

Title

Description

L2875 - Perhaps an unlikely snapshot of railway construction, this photograph was taken of the headgear and temporary wooden structures that lay at the surface of tunnel shaft no. 3, one of many holes which were bored out for the building of Catesby tunnel. In small tubs such as the one by the shaft entrance, bricks and materials would be lowered to the men working below, and likewise would be returned to the surface full of spoil and other debris.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L2875.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L2875 - Perhaps an unlikely snapshot of railway construction, this photograph was taken of the headgear and temporary wooden structures that lay at the surface of tunnel shaft no. 3, one of many holes which were bored out for the building of Catesby tunnel. In small tubs such as the one by the shaft entrance, bricks and materials would be lowered to the men working below, and likewise would be returned to the surface full of spoil and other debris.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

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