Horse and navvy beside Brackley viaduct
A navvy poses with a horse beside one of the mighty brick piers of Brackley viaduct, Northamptonshire. It is said that less than three hundred horses were used during the railway's construction: a fraction of those required prior to the days of steam powered machinery. Interestingly, there is a small metal disc on the animal's harness marked with the initials W.S. Presumably, these denote Walter Scott & Co., the contractor responsible for building this section of the line (Contract No.5, Woodford to Brackley). See on Route Map
Digital Reference: L2815
Creator: S. W. A Newton - circa 1897
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: black and white
Format: 164mm, 216mm
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 - 1/3
OS Reference: 459500 237300
