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Catesby viaduct under construction | |
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| L3131. A wonderfully industrious scene, captured during construction of the twelve arch viaduct which brought the Last Main Line across the infant River Leam north of Catesby, Northamptonshire. On the left, the structure's massive brick piers are beginning to take shape, whilst beside it a line of contractor's temporary railway makes the steep and winding climb out of the valley, doubtless something of a struggle for the small locos employed to bring men and materials to and from the site. On the right, a scotch derrick and steam powered jib swing a bucket laden with spoil to a navvy standing on a large heap. Bricks either neatly piled or strewn haphazardly along the valley, are everywhere. | |
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| Contributor | Leicestershire County Council |
| Creator | personalname - S. W. A Newton |
| Date | creation - circa 1897 |
| Type | Photographs - black and white |
| Format | dimension.H - 160mm dimension.W - 212mm |
| Identifier | Newton - 45/4 |
| Source | S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland |
| Language | EN |
| Relation | copy of - glass plate negative part of - S. W. A. Newton Collection |
| Coverage | Location.Current Repository - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Location.Creation Site - Catesby, Northamptonshire (O.S. Ref: 452200 260500) period - circa 1897 |
| Rights | Leicestershire County Council |
