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Building the last Main Line Railway

Newton to the Oxford Canal: gcrcs2

The first temporary timber supports are erected during the construction of the Great Central bridge over the Oxford Canal circa 1894

The first temporary timber supports are erected during the construction of the Great Central bridge over the Oxford Canal circa 1896. The Great Central was required to maintain water borne traffic during the building of the line, in this instance where the railway passes between Clifton on Dunsmore and Brownsover.

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