L3042 - Spoil tipping in Whetstone - Image Leicestershire

iBase ID

9829

Title

L3042 - Spoil tipping in Whetstone

Description

L3042 - A fascinating photograph, taken around 1897 just south of the Whetstone to Littlethorpe road. Looking in a somewhat precarious position, an 0-4-0 contractor's locomotive - no doubt operating on hastily laid temporary rails - has manoeuvred a wagon laden with spoil to the edge of a tip slope. Seen at this stage, it is quite hard to imagine this prodigious earthwork bearing a Great Central express engine bound for London.

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.

L3042.tif

Image Use

Personal use only unless otherwise agreed

Notes

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

Exhibitions with this image

L3042 - A fascinating photograph, taken around 1897 just south of the Whetstone to Littlethorpe road. Looking in a somewhat precarious position, an 0-4-0 contractor's locomotive - no doubt operating on hastily laid temporary rails - has manoeuvred a wagon laden with spoil to the edge of a tip slope. Seen at this stage, it is quite hard to imagine this prodigious earthwork bearing a Great Central express engine bound for London.

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

8264.jpg

File size

3.09 MB

File extension

JPEG