L3068 - Bridge 381 - Leicester - Image Leicestershire

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9821

Title

L3068 - Bridge 381 - Leicester

Description

L3068 - Looking north towards bridge no. 381, a brick and girder structure that carried Evelyn Drive across the London Extension south of Leicester Goods Yard. Visible beyond are three of the four brick arches of bridge no. 380. Note the steep incline that has been built to take a line of contractor's railway up and out of the cutting: this may well have gone on to form a temporary junction with the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton line, a route which ran across the London Extension a short distance to the north and one which was probably used to carry materials destined for the Great Central'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.

L3068.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L3068 - Looking north towards bridge no. 381, a brick and girder structure that carried Evelyn Drive across the London Extension south of Leicester Goods Yard. Visible beyond are three of the four brick arches of bridge no. 380. Note the steep incline that has been built to take a line of contractor's railway up and out of the cutting: this may well have gone on to form a temporary junction with the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton line, a route which ran across the London Extension a short distance to the north and one which was probably used to carry materials destined for the Great Central'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

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