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Girder bridge crossing the Midland Railway at Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Girder underbridge taking the Great Central's London Extension over the Midland Railway station at Loughborough, Leicestershire on 21st August 1899. Note the trucks moving along the bridge, some of the Line's earliest traffic following its opening five months before. Henry Lovatt of Wolverhampton was the contractor who built this section of the Railway (Contract No. 2, Leake to Aylestone). See on Route Map

Digital Reference: L1496
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - 1899-08-21
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 - H 7/8
OS Reference: 454300 320500