Iron Girder bridge near High Wycombe
Iron girder bridge over over a steep sided cutting on the almost completed railway near High Wycombe, captured by S. W. A. Newton sometime around 1904. The bridge would be of a fairly standard pattern found all over the Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway, and on the GCR's London Extension. This example appears to be built on a gradient as the left-hand abutment is distinctly lower that the right. A group of navvies appear to be tamping the track on the right-hand side, making it ready to receive trains. The left-hand line looks complete. Compare this view with Newton - B 2/3 and Newton B 2/8.
Digital Reference: L1171
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1904
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: Black & 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 - B 2/7
