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Three arch overbridge near Helmdon, Northamptonshire.

A brick built, three arch overbridge spanning a shallow cutting near Helmdon in Northamptonshire. The bridge was built as part of Contract No. 5 (constructed by Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne). The picture, taken in 1897, shows the railway tracks and embankments fully completed, with railway workers and equipment seen in the distance. S. W. A. Newton describes the bridge as the 'Helmdon - Sulgrave Road in 1897, 72M 50C'. See on Route Map

Digital Reference: L1113
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1897
Publisher: Leicestershire County Council
Type: Black and White
Format: 118mm, 161mm
Copyright: Leicestershire County Council
Source: S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland (part of S. W. A. Newton Collection, copy of glass plate negative)
Identifier: Newton - A 1/4
OS Reference: 457800 244500