Building the last Main Line Railway

Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct: gcrcs187

View of the Navvy hut settlement erected at Catesby to house the men building Catesby tunnel and viaduct photographed in August 1896. This was the largest of many camps which were erected by the contractors close to the route to house the navvies and their families. Although primitive by modern standards, these humble dwellings represented a significant improvement on the accommodation that previous generations of navvies had endured.

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