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GWR navvies, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA group of ten Great Western Railway navvies working on the Treffgarne railway at Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
GWR workings on a railway line in South WalesNavvies working on a Great Western Railway line embankment, somewhere in South Wales. The navvy hut can be seen in the distance on the left
Railway cutting works, discovery of fossilised treesRailway cutting works on the Manchester to Bolton line, discovery of fossilised trees. Date: 1840s
Navvies at WorkNavvies at work in a railway cutting
Navvies building a railway
Steam shovel and Navvies building a railway
Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s
Men working on Festival of Britain building site, LondonGroup of men working on the Festival of Britain building site, London. Seen here taking a break to read their favourite newspapers: the Daily Herald, the Daily Worker and the Daily Mirror
Railway construction, Berkhamsted, Herts. 1837Navvies building a cutting near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire in June 1837, part of the London to Birmingham railway line, engineered by Robert Stephenson. Date: 1837
Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriar sChair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge. Chair-mender repairing a chair seat with rushes in Punyer Alley 46
Railway cutting works in progress in the early days of rail expansion. Date: 1840s
Railway cutting works at Wormwood Scrubs, West London. Date: circa 1840s
Underground railway construction, London 1861Underground railway construction in progress for the Metropolitan line, London, at Thames Embankment. 1861
Underground railway construction, Euston Road, LondonUnderground railway construction, earth-hoisting machine, drawn by horses, operating in Euston Road, London. 1861
Underground railway construction, Kings Cross, LondonUnderground railway construction for the Metropolitan line, Kings Cross, London. Date: 1860
Railway construction, Baker Street, London 1868Railway construction at Baker Street, London, at the junction of the St Johns Wood and Metropolitan railways. Date: 1868
Railway construction, extension to Broad Street, London 1871Railway construction, showing demolition of the Worship Street Gas Works to make way for Great Eastern Railway extension to Broad Street, London. 1871
Railway construction accident, Camden Town, London 1849Railway construction accident at Camden Town, NW London, when some newly constructed arches collapsed on the western side of Kentish Town Road
Construction, Rose Hill cutting, Brighton & Lewes RailwayConstruction work taking place on the Rose Hill cutting, Brighton & Lewes Railway. Date: 1846
Metropolitan Extension under construction 1864Metropolitan Extension Railway under construction at Smithfield, London. 1864
Metropolitan railway and Fleet Ditch 1862Engraving from the foot of Frederick Street, Grays Inn Road, at its junction with Bagnigge Wells Road. of a portion of the works in progress for this vast undertaking. 1862
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in FranceWW2 - British Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - shown here building railway sidings. Date: 1942
Railway Workers - Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
Laying a railway track near Lima, Ohio, USAMen at work laying a railway track near Lima, Ohio, USA, with a field of wheat in the foreground. Date: circa 1900
Sunday Work in the Tunnel of a Great Main Line, MataniaLabour and railway efficiency: Renewing the Permanent Way of a Great Main Line. Sunday work in the tunnel of a great main line outside London - gangs of navvies relaying the permanent way. Date: 1914
British soldiers at work, Western Front, France, WW1British soldiers at work on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are army navvies, recycling bricks from a ruined building to construct roads. Date: circa 1917
London Railway under ConstructionA group of navvies working on an elevated section of an inner London railway. Date: 19th century
Trans-Siberian Railway - Laying sleepersRussian navvies laying the log sleepers for the Trans-Siberian Railway Date: circa 1910s
Railway workers
Brtish troops breaking stones, Flanders, WW1British troops breaking stones for road making around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde, Flanders, during the First World War. circa 1917
The DoveholesThe Dove Holes caves, Dovedale, Derbyshire, England. Between 1860 and 1865, Midland Railways built a tunnel here. It was an arduous task and the navvies lived in these caves. Date: 1950s
Navvies building a new railway line, UKNavvies building a new railway line at an unidentified location in the UK. A station building can be seen in the top right
GWR line at Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South WalesView of the Great Western Railway line at the Treffgarne cutting, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The navvy hut can be seen on the left
GWR navvies at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South WalesA group of Great Western Railway navvies straightening the track at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
GWR locomotive, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South WalesFour railway workers with a Great Western Railway locomotive, Amesbury, at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Railway works at Balaclava 1855British navvies commence work on the construction of a railway line between Balaclava and Sebastopol in the Crimea
Laying railway trackGangs of railway labourers work on the laying of a new section of track running beneath a bridge. The lamps held by the navvies cast spectral traces of light across the gloomy atmospheric scene
Track laying - using a bulldozerA Caterpillar bulldozer being operated during track laying by the Wimpey construction company. Nightime engineering works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Laying railway tracks at nightA very atmospheric shot of a steam engine and cranes aiding the laying of a new set of railway tracks. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Laying Railway TracksThree construction workers guide a large rail into position. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Manchester Ship Canal - Creating a new dockWorkmen operate a temporary pulley-based device used in the process of the construction of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal
Rusyn People - HungaryRusyns - an Eastern Slavic ethnic group who speak an Eastern Slavic language (or dialect) known as Rusyn. This appears to be a team working on a railway in the Carpathian Mountain region of Hungary
Rail Construction 1836An extensive team of navvies build a retaining wall near Part Street, Camden Town, London
Tunnelling / Kilsby / ShaftThe Head Gear at the Great Shaft during the construction of the Kilsby Tunnel
Digging a Rail CuttingThe construction of the Tring Cutting. Railway navvies dig out the earth and rock by hand with the spoil lifted up to the top of the bank by horse- powered winches
Union Pacific Track LaidLaying track for the Union Pacific as it extends towards the western territories
DIVERS AND NORTHFLEETDivers prepare to descend to investigate the wreck of the Northfleet which sank after a collision, drowning some 300 navvies bound for Australia to build railways there
Building Blackfriars Station, City of LondonThe construction of Blackfriars Station, looking towards Saint Pauls Cathedral in the City of London
Blasting Rocks, LinsladeNavvies blasting rocks at Linslade
Roads / NavviesNavvies working in a trench
Navvies working at Upminster Station, HaveringNavvies at work on the line at Upminster Station in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London, not far from the border with Essex
