Building the last Main Line Railway

Newton to the Oxford Canal: gcrcs140

A further view of two of the massive brick piers which formed part of the approach to the Great Central viaduct to the north of the Oxford Canal. Further along the embankment is the brick arch bridge that carried the London Extension across the River Avon. At the centre of the picture is a temporary wooden shelter. Part of the structure has been built to house a steam powered pumping engine, the chimney of which can be seen protruding from the roof.

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