Navvies at work on a tip bank
'Navvies trimming bank' (S. W. A. Newton's notes) at Swithland, Leicestershire, circa 1897. During the Railway's construction, huge quantities of earth would be excavated from cuttings and used to build embankments. The tracks in the foreground are temporary rails laid by the contractor, in this case Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton.
Digital Reference: L1231
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1897
Contributor: 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 - C 3/8
