A Bucyrus shovel, a type of steam-powered shovel, excavating for the Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway near Banbury

Date:
1919
Location:
Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway, Banbury, Cherwell, Oxfordshire
Reference:
BL24657
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The photograph was taken for George West and Company. The Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway connected a quarry in Oxfordshire with the Great Western Railway north of Banbury. It was opened between 1917 and 1919.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Construction, Industrial Heritage