L1146 - Derrick in Contractors Yard

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8808

Title

Description

L1146 - A scotch derrick used for lifting and moving heavy concrete slabs used as capping stones. The photograph, believed to be taken c1897, was taken in a contractor's yard, probably belonging to Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne. A group of labourers are shown in the photograph, one of them sitting on a pile of completed slabs (presumable awaiting delivery to the construction site). Also in the picture are two stone masons (dressed in waistcoats and shirtsleeves) with hammers and chisels in hand.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L1146.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L1146 - A scotch derrick used for lifting and moving heavy concrete slabs used as capping stones. The photograph, believed to be taken c1897, was taken in a contractor's yard, probably belonging to Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne. A group of labourers are shown in the photograph, one of them sitting on a pile of completed slabs (presumable awaiting delivery to the construction site). Also in the picture are two stone masons (dressed in waistcoats and shirtsleeves) with hammers and chisels in hand.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

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File size

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JPEG