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Building the last Main Line Railway

Newton to the Oxford Canal: gcrcs158

A close up view of one of the massive brick abutments built to anchor the the north end of the Great Central viaduct

A close up view of one of the massive brick abutments built to anchor the the north end of the Great Central viaduct. This photograph is also incorrectly identified on both of the Transport Archive and Leicestershire websites. They state, This is one of the massive brick abutments which were built at either end of the Great Central's four span girder viaduct (bridge 448) across the Oxford Canal north of Rugby. Eventually, the vast quantity of spoil would be formed into a neatly dressed embankment.

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