L1230 - Bridge construction and navvies

L1230 - Bridge construction and navvies
L1230 - Bridge construction and navvies
L1230 - Bridge construction and navvies
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Title
L1230 - Bridge construction and navvies
Description
L1230 - Navvies pause for a moment during the construction of a girder bridge at Duns Lane, Leicester. Note the lattice parapet steel work and the tipping wagon running on the contractor's temporary rails. In the background is Braunstone Gate girder bridge. These bridges were built by Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton, the contractor responsible for this section of the London Extension (Contract No. 2, Leake to Aylestone).



British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

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S.W.A. Newton
LCC ID. No.
L1230.tif
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Notes
IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
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