Girder bridge construction at Godington

A plate girder bridge under construction near Godington, Oxfordshire. The picture is a fine opportunity to observe the structure's brick vaulting that would soon be buried beneath the trackbed. Behind the navvy at work on the rough slopes of the embankment, there is a line of contractor's temporary railway: this would have been used to bring up the men and materials required for the bridge's construction.

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Keywords: 1890, bridge, construction, girder, godington, l2901, navvies, newton, oxfordshire, people, rail, railway, transport, victorian, workmen