Navvies having lunch
Four navvies having lunch in a turf hut, circa 1897. The photograph is believed to have been taken at Helmdon, Northamptonshire, part of Contract No. 5 (Woodford to Brackley built by Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne). The image is a fascinating example of how the navvies put the huge quantities of earth moved during the Railway's construction to good use.
Digital Reference: L1240
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 3/17
