L3096 - Navvy camp near Flecknoe - Image Leicestershire

iBase ID

9661

Title

L3096 - Navvy camp near Flecknoe

Description

L3096 - Thought to have been taken from a spoil tip near Flecknoe, Warwickshire, these are some of the huts that were erected by Thomas Oliver & Son to house the navvies at work on Contract No.4 of the Last Main Line (Rugby to Woodford). Located right along the route and homes to thousands of navvies and their families, these unique temporary communities are a forgotten part of the railway's construction.

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.

L3096.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L3096 - Thought to have been taken from a spoil tip near Flecknoe, Warwickshire, these are some of the huts that were erected by Thomas Oliver & Son to house the navvies at work on Contract No.4 of the Last Main Line (Rugby to Woodford). Located right along the route and homes to thousands of navvies and their families, these unique temporary communities are a forgotten part of the railway's construction.

British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection

More information about these photographs and the Great Central Railway can be found here

Subjects

Transport

Transport > Rail

Working Life

Working Life > Industrial

File metadata

File name

7830.jpg

File size

2.08 MB

File extension

JPEG