L3349 - Steam navvy at work in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

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L3349 - Steam navvy at work in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire
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L3349 - Steam navvy at work in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire
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L3349 - This photograph provides an excellent overview of the construction of the 'Alternative Route', on a section of track which was to be used jointly by the Great Central and Great Western Railway companies. In the forefront a steam navvy is being used to extend the cutting through the fields of Saunderton in Buckinghamshire. The introduction of the steam excavator by Joseph Ruston in 1880 made a huge difference to the progress of such a large scale enterprise as the London Extension, where huge earthworks required the removal of massive amounts of earth. An additional steam navvy is visible in the distance, widening the cutting to the right of the photograph. A rake of wagons for the transportation of tipping stand stationary on temporary tracks, whilst to their right one stands full of earth ready for removal. A contractor's locomotive on the move can just be made out in the background, partially obscured by steam.



British Railways - S. W. A. Newton Collection






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S.W.A. Newton
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L3349.tif
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Original media type: Glass plate negative

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