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Description: | Photograph album showing the construction of the railway from Bourne to Saxby. Also includes two photographs of Bolton Abbey Station, Yorkshire, and a small number of unidentified views.
Introduction
The photographs in the album were taken by the engineer Charles Stansfield Wilson (1844-1893), who supervised the civil works on the railway line from Bourne to Saxby. The volume not only shows the temporary and permanent structures that were built along the line, but also the men and machines employed in their construction.
A detailed description of the contents of the album is provided in "Building a Railway - Bourne to Saxby", edited by Stewart Squires and Ken Hollamby, Lincoln Record Society Volume 98, The Boydell Press, 2009. The list of photographs provided below is based on Appendix B of this book.
List of photographs
Album No Description
1 Dunbar Ruston steam navvy. Location not identified.
2 Temporary bridge over the Old Saxby Curve from the south.
3 Temporary bridge over the Old Saxby Curve from the south.
4 New Saxby Curve and Old Saxby Curve, south end.
5 Bridge 20, South Witham.
6 Saxby Station from the east side of the bridge. An outside cylindered 0-4-0ST contractor's
locomotive can been seen.
7 Saxby Station.
8 Bridge GSM2.36, New Saxby Curve.
9 Bridge 7 and the Station Master's House at Wymondham.
10 Bridge GSM2.36A with GSM2.36 beyond, New Saxby Curve.
11 Bridge GSM2.36A, New Saxby Curve.
12 Navvies at work on the cutting east of Toft Tunnel. In the bottom of the cutting is a line of tipping
wagons.
13 Bridge 24, South Witham, from the west. A group of workmen are stood on top of the bridge. A
side tipping wagon can be seen in the background.
14 Station Master's House at Wymondham.
15 Bridge 10, Wymondham, from the south. A Manning Wardle 0-4-0 locomotive is on the line.
16 Bridge 10, Wymondham, looking west.
17 Bridges 9 and 10 at Wymondham, from the north. Shows navvies digging and wheeling barrows.
18 Bridges 9 and 10 at Wymondham. Construction site from the south west.
19 Unidentified stone bridge abutment. Not on the Bourne to Saxby line.
20 Bridge 3 under construction, from the east. A number of workmen are stood on the unfinished
arches and a Whitaker excavator can be seen.
21 Bridge 3 under construction, from the east. A number of workmen are stood on the unfinished
arches and a Whitaker excavator can be seen.
22 Edmondthorpe and Wymondham Station under construction, with bridges 7 and 6 in the
background.
23 Bridge 25 (now the A1 road bridge), looking east. A saddle tank locomotive is on the line.
24 Bridge 4 with Bridge 5 in the background.
25 Toft Tunnel, east portal.
26 Saxby Station. Platform and bridge.
27 Believed to be Bridge 26 off Morkery Lane, looking east. A contractor's locomotive and a Dunbar
Ruston steam navvy can be seen.
28 Bridge 24 with Bridge 25 in the background.
29 Old and New Saxby curves, south end.
30 Bridge 18, looking west.
31 Bridge 19, with Bridge 18 in the background.
32 Bridge 245, looking east.
33 Believed to be Bridge 26 off Morkery Lane, looking west.
34 Bridge 43. East Coast main line crossing from the south.
35 Bridge 1 with Bridge GSM2.36 beyond.
36 Bridge 234 with Bridge 235 in distance.
37 Believed to be Bridge 27 with Bridge 26 in background.
38 Bridge 45, River West Glen Tunnel from the south.
39 Bridge 38 from the south.
40 Bridge 20 from the south.
41 Bridge 22 at South Witham, looking north. Alongside the bridge is one of the contractor's
locomotives, "Gertrude".
42 Bridge 9, Wymondham, from the north.
43 Edmondthorpe and Wymondham Goods Yard, with Bridge 6 in the background.
44 Unidentified iron railway bridge with stone abutments. Not on the Bourne to Saxby line.
45 Bolton Abbey Station, Yorkshire.
46 Bridge 12 from the west.
47 South Witham Station. A tower windmill can be seen in the background.
48 Bridge 10, Wymondham, from the south. A contractor's 0-6-0 locomotive is on the bridge.
49 Edmondthorpe and Wymondham Station and Bridge 7. At the platform are two Midland Railway
wagons and a contractor's 0-6-0 locomotive.
50 Saxby Station. There is a group of men in overcoats and hats on the platform. Probably taken
during the directors' visit of 21 Apr 1893.
51 Bolton Abbey Station. Footbridge.
52 Bridge 3 from the west.
53 Bridge 5 from the west.
54 Bridge 44 from the south.
55 Bridge 35 from the west.
56 Bridge 13, looking west.
57 Bridge 28 from the north.
58 South Witham Station. The timber frame of the goods shed, which was still under construction,
can be seen.
59 Saxby Station.
60 Bridge 26. Additional copy of 33.
61 Edmondthorpe and Wymondham Station. View showing Bridges 6 & 7, the goods shed and
sidings.
62 Bridge 31, looking west.
63 Bridge 9, Wymondham, from the south.
64 Bridge 16, The Drift, looking north.
65 Bridge 239, Lound Viaduct, from the south.
66 Unidentified iron railway bridges with stone abutments. Not on the Bourne to Saxby line.
67 Probably Bridge 18 or 19.
68 Unidentified iron railway bridge with stone abutments. Not on the Bourne to Saxby line.
69 Bridge 37, Castle Bytham Station. A contractor's locomotive is on the line.
70 Unidentified iron railway bridge with stone abutments. Not on the Bourne to Saxby line.
71 Unidentified village. Not on the Bourne to Saxby line.
72 Bridge 2 from the south. | Temporal: | 1889-1893 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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