Viaduct construction at Rugby
Most men who worked on the Railway's construction were skilled with far more than simply pick and shovel. These riveters at work on Rugby viaduct would still have been thought of as navvies, but the professional excavator of old had evolved into a versatile employee capable of a wide range of tasks. Note the two steam cranes working further along the bridge.
Digital Reference: L1242
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 3/19
