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Building the last Main Line Railway
Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct: gcrcs88
View of the timber framed headgear used to ferry men and
materials up and down shaft No 7 of Catesby tunnel. The wooden hut on the right
of the picture housed the steam engine that powered the shaft's winch. Note the
large stack of bricks piled beside the contractor's temporary railway, and the
two Griff mineral wagons: the Nuneaton coal mine was clearly providing the coal
required for the steam machinery used in the tunnel's construction. T. Oliver
& Son was the contractor employed to build this section of the Line
(Contract No.4, Rugby to Woodford).
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