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Building the last Main Line Railway
Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct: gcrcs166
Looking across the valley and the River Leam along the line
of Catesby viaduct as the brick piers start to rise. Running beside the infant
viaduct and making the steep climb up towards the course of the main line is a
section of contractor's temporary railway. A scotch derrick and steam powered
jib are being used to tip the spoil, whilst in the foreground a single navvy
has turned to face the camera. Photographs such as this are what help to make
the Newton collection such a remarkable archive. By capturing the engineering
techniques and transitional landscapes that accompany railway construction, he
compiled a unique tribute to a part of our nation's past which other
photographers had long neglected.
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