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Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935
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
Railway cutting works, discovery of fossilised treesRailway cutting works on the Manchester to Bolton line, discovery of fossilised trees. Date: 1840s
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 NavigatorAffectionately satirical view of a navigator, or navvy
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
World War II Curtiss Helldivers, US Navvy aircraft carrierWorld War II vintage photograph - Curtiss Helldivers on a US Navvy aircraft carrier in the Pacific 1944
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
NavvyLondon characters : if the streets of London were paved with gold, the navigator (NAVVY) would find it, for he spends his life digging them up and filling them in again. Date: circa 1870
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
Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward
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
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
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
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
Steam navvy used to make the new dock at Swansea. By the late nineteenth century, chores traditionally done by workmen were being performed by steam engines
Rail Construction 1836An extensive team of navvies build a retaining wall near Part Street, Camden Town, London
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
Costume / NavvyA London navvy wearing a white smock, peaked cap & stout boots, smokes his pipe as he digs a ditch. A lantern alerts passersby to mind the hole
Navvy (Petherick)London characters : if the streets of London were paved with gold, the navigator ( NAVVY ) would find it, for he spends his life digging them up and filling them in again
Machines / Steam NavvySTEAM NAVVY Excavation machine used in making a new dock in Swansea
Opening of the Thames TunnelA picture to commemorate the opening of the Thames Tunnel, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, showing the company medallion featuring Sir Marc Isambard Brunel supported by one of the tunnels
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