Photographs of the Works in Progress of the Midland Railway

Made:
1860-1868 in London
Construction of St Pancras station, about 1867. Construction of St Pancras station, 1868 St Pancras station, 1868 View of St Pancras station from Euston road, 1868 St Pancras station construction, about 1867 Shaft at Belsize railway tunnel, about 1865 Construction of St Pancras station, about 1867. Site of St Pancras station, about 1867 Winding gear at Belsize Tunnel, about 1865 Railway contractor's staff, about 1867 Construction on the Metropolitan Railway, about 1867 Entrance to Belsize railway tunnel, about 1866. Shaft at Belsize Tunnel, about 1865 Kentish Town station, 1867 Winding engine used in railway construction, 1865 Navvies at work, 1865 Construction of the Kentish Town road bridge, 1865 Rail testing machine at Kentish town, 1867 Bricklayers at work in a railway cutting, 1865 Belsize railway tunnel, 1867 Construction on the North London Railway, 1867 Shaft at Belsize Tunnel, about 1865 Construction of Kentish Town road bridge, 1865 Shaft at Belsize Tunnel, 1865 Belsize Tunnel, 1867 St Pancras station, view from the roof towards the platforms

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Construction of St Pancras station, about 1867.
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Construction of St Pancras station, 1868
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St Pancras station, 1868
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View of St Pancras station from Euston road, 1868
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St Pancras station construction, about 1867
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Shaft at Belsize railway tunnel, about 1865
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Construction of St Pancras station, about 1867.
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Site of St Pancras station, about 1867
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Winding gear at Belsize Tunnel, about 1865
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Railway contractor's staff, about 1867
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Construction on the Metropolitan Railway, about 1867
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Entrance to Belsize railway tunnel, about 1866.
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Shaft at Belsize Tunnel, about 1865
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Kentish Town station, 1867
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Winding engine used in railway construction, 1865
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Navvies at work, 1865
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Construction of the Kentish Town road bridge, 1865
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Rail testing machine at Kentish town, 1867
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Bricklayers at work in a railway cutting, 1865
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Belsize railway tunnel, 1867
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Construction on the North London Railway, 1867
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Shaft at Belsize Tunnel, about 1865
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Construction of Kentish Town road bridge, 1865
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Shaft at Belsize Tunnel, 1865
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Belsize Tunnel, 1867
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St Pancras station, view from the roof towards the platforms
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A collection of approximately 101 albumen print photographs mounted in 3 albums commissioned by the Midland Railway. Consists of one brown hardback cover entitled "Photographs of the Works in Progress of the Midland Railway - Rowsley to New Mills, 1860-1865", and two red hardback covers entitled "Photographs of the Works in Progress of the Midland Railway - Extension to London", featuring the construction of St Pancras Station, 1867-1868. Photographs of St Pancras are primarily the work of J B Pyne of Haverstock Hill and J Ward of Euston Road, London.

These three photographic albums were created by the Midland Railway to illustrate major construction projects the company undertook in the 1860s.

One album features the building of railway lines between Rowsley and New Mills in the Derbyshire Peak District from 1860 to 1865. The line was constructed across steep hills and valleys, through eight tunnels and over two viaducts at Millers Dale and Monsal Dale. The line initially ran to Buxton and was then extended to a junction at New Mills and into Manchester at London Road station. The album contains 36 albumen photographic prints showing navvies (railway construction workers) building cuttings, embankments, bridges and viaducts. There are also extracts from the Illustrated News and local newspapers.

Two albums record the construction of the Midland Railway’s London extension into St Pancras.

There are 69 albumen photographic prints showing demolition, the building of cuttings, bridges, tunnels, the line crossing St Pancras cemetery and the erection of the magnificent vaulted station roof designed by William Henry Barlow. There are also group photographs, and scenes showing navvies and industrial locomotives at work. The album also includes contemporary cuttings from the 'Illustrated Times', featuring engravings based on some of the photographs.

Most of the St Pancras photographs were taken by two local photographers, J B Pyne of Haverstock Hill and J Ward of Euston Road.

Albumen prints used egg white to bind photographic chemicals to a paper base. The photographs in these three albums were printed from glass plate negatives.

Details

Category:
Photographic Collections (Railway)
Object Number:
1998-8759
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall (smallest): 120.6 mm x 165.1 mm
overall (largest): 203.2 mm x 304.8 mm
type:
photographs