L1012. A rear three-quarter view of Hawthorn Black 0-4-0 saddletank, MAY, owned by Mackay & Davies (Contractors) of Cardiff. The locomotive is seen when working on the construction of the Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway section between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough, sometime around 1903. The picture shows MAY hauling two tipping wagons containing a gang of seven navvies. The locomotive's crew stand on their steed, the drive in the cab. | |
Publisher | Leicestershire County Council |
Contributor | |
Creator | personalname - Newton, S. W. A. |
Date | creation - circa 1903 |
Type | Photographs - Black and White |
Format | dimension.H - 118mm dimension.W - 161mm |
Identifier | Newton - CL 12 |
Source | S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland |
Language | EN |
Relation | part of - S. W. A. Newton Collection copy of - glass plate negative |
Coverage | Location.Creation Site - West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (O.S. Ref: 483500 194900) period - circa 1903 Location.Current Repository - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland |
Rights | Leicestershire County Council |