Navvy huts near Chetwode
These temporary wooden huts near Chetwode formed part of the navvy settlement that was erected by Walter Scott & Co. to house the men at work on Contract No.6 of the Last Main Line. Although simple by today's standards, the huts provided the navvies and their families with a relatively good standard of accommodation when compared with many other working class dwellings of the period.
Digital Reference: L2903
Creator: S. W. A Newton - circa 1897
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: black and white
Format: 162mm, 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 - 12/4
