Navvies having lunch beside Brackley viaduct
A gang of navvies, doubtless taking a well deserved lunch break beside Brackley viaduct. These men would most likely have worked for Walter Scott & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne, the firm contracted to build this section of the Last Main Line (Contract No.5, Woodford to Brackley). Note the wooden centring still in place under the arch, and the temporary railway turning sharply to pass beneath the viaduct. See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L2434
Creator: Newton, S. W. A. - circa 1897
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: Black and white
Format: 117mm, 162mm
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 - Y 2/16
OS Reference: 459500 237100
