Navvies in tipping wagons, Leicestershire
Navvies in tipping wagons travelling to their work in Leicestershire, hauled by a 0-6-0 contractor's locomotive, circa 1897. On the side of the central wagon are the initials H.L., confirming that these navvies were working for Henry Lovatt & Co. of Wolverhampton, the company responsible for building Contract No.2 of the Last Main Line (Leake to Aylestone).
Digital Reference: L1724
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 (copy of glass plate negative, part of S. W. A. Newton Collection)
Identifier: Newton - M 5/15
