L3130 - Tunnel shaft and headgear above Catesby tunnel

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9464

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L3130 - Eight navvies pose for Newton's camera by the timber headgear erected at one of the shafts sunk during the construction of Catesby tunnel. Piled on the makeshift loading stage beside the contractor's temporary rails, and waiting to be lowered to the army of men working below, are some of the thirty million bricks which were required for the tunnel's completion.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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Maker

S.W.A. Newton

LCC ID. No.

L3130.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L3130 - Eight navvies pose for Newton's camera by the timber headgear erected at one of the shafts sunk during the construction of Catesby tunnel. Piled on the makeshift loading stage beside the contractor's temporary rails, and waiting to be lowered to the army of men working below, are some of the thirty million bricks which were required for the tunnel's completion.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

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