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Building the last Main Line Railway
Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct: gcrcs75
Another steam powered derrick being deployed in the
construction of Catesby tunnel, circa 1897. The square timber buckets are
fitted with iron straps to reinforce the corners of the bucket. These were
loaded at the bottom of the tunnel and hoisted to the surface where they were
emptied in to the contractors wagons. In many cases, these cranes would be
fitted with a cab, fashioned by the contractors out of wood and corrugated
metal. Messrs T Oliver & Son was the contractor responsible for building
this section of the Railway (Contract No.4 Rugby to Woodford).
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