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BW192/1

"Grand Junction Canal Construction of Foxton Lift 1898-9"

Description

Photograph album consisting of 60 black and white and sepia photographs documenting the construction and opening of the Foxton Inclined Plane. The album belonged to Gordon Cale Thomas who was the designer of the inclined plane.

Date

1898-1899

Reference code

BW192/1

Extent & medium

1 album

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Haulage wheel pit in the dry basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Workers in the dry basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Gordon Thomas at the bottom of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Gordon Thomas in the dry basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Narrowboat going down Foxton Locks

Canal at Foxton with the inclined plane in the background

Top of Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction workers at Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Dry basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Dry basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction of the chimney and engine house at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Construction of the engine house at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Engine house and chimney at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Top of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Boilers in the engine house at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Hydraulic stand pipe at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Hydraulic pump at the top of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Engine house, winding drum and chimney at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Engine house, winding drum and chimney at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Engine house and chimney at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Engine house and chimney at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Top of Foxton Inclined Plane

Pulley wheel and engine house at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Steam engine being positioned at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Steam engine being lifted into the engine house at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Gordon Cale Thomas and wife on the Foxton Inclined Plane during wheel positioning

Caisson tank construction at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tank construction at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Workers constructing a caisson tank at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Workers sat on a caisson tank at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tanks under construction on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tanks on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tanks on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tank construction on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Incline entrance, engine house and chimney at the top of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Top entrance to the Foxton Inclined Plane

A Fellows, Morton & Clayton Limited narrowboat in a submerged caisson tank at the bottom of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Lower basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Workmen in the entrance channel at the top of Foxton Inclined Plane

Gordon Thomas and two other men standing in front of a white cottage

Two Fellows, Morton & Clayton Limited narrowboats travelling in the caisson tanks on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Upper basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

A gathering of people in the entrance channel at the top of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Top entrance to the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tank on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tank on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tank on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tanks on the Foxton Inclined Plane

Entrance at the bottom of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Boat in one of the caisson tanks at the bottom of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Caisson tank filled with water and partly submerged in the lower basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Upper basin at the Foxton Inclined Plane

Gordon Thomas standing by the side of an office building with engineers and managers of the Foxton Inclined Plane

Gordon Thomas with engineers and managers of the Foxton Inclined Plane sat in a room

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