Cutting and overbridge at Birstall, Leicester
Navvies pause for a moment at a cutting 'South of Birstall to Thurcaston Road', Leicester, circa 1897 (S. W. A. Newton's notes). It is clear from the photograph that the tracks on the left of the picture are temporary rails laid by the contractor, and those on the right are the permanent way. Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton was the contractor who built this section of the Railway (Contract No. 2, Leake to Aylestone). Note the three arch overbridge in the background.
Digital Reference: L1233
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1897
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: , 161mm
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 3/10
