Navvies at work in a railway cutting Date: 1884 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-at-work-in-a-railway-cutting-date-1884-105288224.html
RMG3885M–Navvies at work in a railway cutting Date: 1884
An engraving depicting navvies working on the Liverpool-Manchester Railway across Chat Moss Bog. Dated 19th century Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/an-engraving-depicting-navvies-working-on-the-liverpool-manchester-railway-across-chat-moss-bog-dated-19th-century-image234998742.html
RMRJ9386–An engraving depicting navvies working on the Liverpool-Manchester Railway across Chat Moss Bog. Dated 19th century
RAILWAYS Clothing for the Navvies 1855. Illustrated London News Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-railways-clothing-for-the-navvies-1855-illustrated-london-news-95361857.html
RFFF430H–RAILWAYS Clothing for the Navvies 1855. Illustrated London News
Navvies (construction workers) building the Manchester Ship Canal load waggons using a steam digger ('steam navvy') c. 1890 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-construction-workers-building-the-manchester-ship-canal-load-77244996.html
RMEDJPNT–Navvies (construction workers) building the Manchester Ship Canal load waggons using a steam digger ('steam navvy') c. 1890
Specially enlisted navvies digging shelter trenches during First World War Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-specially-enlisted-navvies-digging-shelter-trenches-during-first-world-25656093.html
RMBDMMH1–Specially enlisted navvies digging shelter trenches during First World War
Workers constructing a railway cutting, Compton, Wolverhampton, 1912 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-workers-constructing-a-railway-cutting-compton-wolverhampton-1912-47446548.html
RMCN5AFG–Workers constructing a railway cutting, Compton, Wolverhampton, 1912
Navvies building a railway Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/navvies-building-a-railway-image260160528.html
RMW379BC–Navvies building a railway
Navvies ÖVJ Sweden 4 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-vj-sweden-4-171746853.html
RMKYBMT5–Navvies ÖVJ Sweden 4
Tring cutting - 17 June 1837. Engineer Robert.. Stephenson. From J.Bourne 'Drawings of the London Railway', London 1839. Navvies excavating cutting: wheelbarrows filled at bottom, line attached to wheel, and then winched to top along narrow plank with la Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-tring-cutting-17-june-1837-engineer-robert-stephenson-from-jbourne-135678511.html
RMHTMK93–Tring cutting - 17 June 1837. Engineer Robert.. Stephenson. From J.Bourne 'Drawings of the London Railway', London 1839. Navvies excavating cutting: wheelbarrows filled at bottom, line attached to wheel, and then winched to top along narrow plank with la
Bachmann No 1320 'Gandy Dancer' electrically powered hand car for use on HO/OO gauge model railway track Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bachmann-no-1320-gandy-dancer-electrically-powered-hand-car-for-use-70847104.html
RME37A5M–Bachmann No 1320 'Gandy Dancer' electrically powered hand car for use on HO/OO gauge model railway track
DANIEL MORGAN (1830-1865) Australian bushranger. Wood engraving by Samuel Calvert from the Melbourne Illustrated Post, 28 January 1865, entitled 'Morgan Sticking-up the Navvies, Burning their tents and Shooting the Chinaman Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-daniel-morgan-1830-1865-australian-bushranger-wood-engraving-by-samuel-161576043.html
RMKATBTY–DANIEL MORGAN (1830-1865) Australian bushranger. Wood engraving by Samuel Calvert from the Melbourne Illustrated Post, 28 January 1865, entitled 'Morgan Sticking-up the Navvies, Burning their tents and Shooting the Chinaman
Railway scene, navvies working below a bridge or viaduct Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-railway-scene-navvies-working-below-a-bridge-or-viaduct-138031645.html
RMJ0FTNH–Railway scene, navvies working below a bridge or viaduct
THE CRIMEAN WAR: NAVVIES LEAVING FOR THE CRIMEA AT THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY TERMINUS EUSTON SQUARE LONDON UK 1854 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-crimean-war-navvies-leaving-for-the-crimea-at-the-north-western-53417645.html
RMD2WAN1–THE CRIMEAN WAR: NAVVIES LEAVING FOR THE CRIMEA AT THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY TERMINUS EUSTON SQUARE LONDON UK 1854
With menfolk serving overseas during World War 1, women took over various roles including building navvies. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-with-menfolk-serving-overseas-during-world-war-1-women-took-over-various-123242330.html
RMH4E4RP–With menfolk serving overseas during World War 1, women took over various roles including building navvies.
Group of Edwardian navvies photographed in working clothes (including a range at hats). Several men are holding tools, including a spade and pick axe Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/group-of-edwardian-navvies-photographed-in-working-clothes-including-a-range-at-hats-several-men-are-holding-tools-including-a-spade-and-pick-axe-image482849828.html
RM2K1FKTM–Group of Edwardian navvies photographed in working clothes (including a range at hats). Several men are holding tools, including a spade and pick axe
Actor James Barrie as 'William Burke' at the launch of the first Canal Theatre initiative from Scottish Canals and The Walking Theatre Company. Guests will enter the depths of the Falkirk Tunnel on foot as they learn about the dark deeds of 'resurrection men' William Burke and William Hare. The 630 metre long tunnel was blasted and hewn from the rugged rock beneath Prospect Hill in Falkirk almost 200 years ago by 'navvies' like Burke and Hare and is Scotland's oldest and longest canal tunnel. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-actor-james-barrie-as-william-burke-at-the-launch-of-the-first-canal-148708693.html
RMJHX7CN–Actor James Barrie as 'William Burke' at the launch of the first Canal Theatre initiative from Scottish Canals and The Walking Theatre Company. Guests will enter the depths of the Falkirk Tunnel on foot as they learn about the dark deeds of 'resurrection men' William Burke and William Hare. The 630 metre long tunnel was blasted and hewn from the rugged rock beneath Prospect Hill in Falkirk almost 200 years ago by 'navvies' like Burke and Hare and is Scotland's oldest and longest canal tunnel.
Memorial to the railway navvies and their families who died during the building of the Settle-Carlisle line, Cowgill Churchyard, Dentdale, Cumbria. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/memorial-to-the-railway-navvies-and-their-families-who-died-during-the-building-of-the-settle-carlisle-line-cowgill-churchyard-dentdale-cumbria-image518073168.html
RM2N2T7H4–Memorial to the railway navvies and their families who died during the building of the Settle-Carlisle line, Cowgill Churchyard, Dentdale, Cumbria.
Memorial in the graveyard of All Saints Church Otley, to23 navvies who died during the construction of Bramhope Tunnel. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-memorial-in-the-graveyard-of-all-saints-church-otley-to23-navvies-38608489.html
RMC6PNEH–Memorial in the graveyard of All Saints Church Otley, to23 navvies who died during the construction of Bramhope Tunnel.
Navvies at work on the line at Upminster Station in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London, not far from the border with Essex. Two passengers wait on the far platform for their train to arrive. Colourised version of : 10006466 Date: 1908 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/navvies-at-work-on-the-line-at-upminster-station-in-the-london-borough-of-havering-greater-london-not-far-from-the-border-with-essex-two-passengers-wait-on-the-far-platform-for-their-train-to-arrive-colourised-version-of-10006466-date-1908-image472807166.html
RM2JD66A6–Navvies at work on the line at Upminster Station in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London, not far from the border with Essex. Two passengers wait on the far platform for their train to arrive. Colourised version of : 10006466 Date: 1908
Navvies start work, cutting the first sods of the canal. The view looks towards Eastham Ferry. Date: 1887 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-start-work-cutting-the-first-sods-of-the-canal-the-view-looks-105288326.html
RMG3889A–Navvies start work, cutting the first sods of the canal. The view looks towards Eastham Ferry. Date: 1887
Tring cutting - 17 June 1837. Engineer Robert.. Stephenson. From J.Bourne 'Drawings of the London Railway', London 1839. Navvies excavating cutting: wheelbarrows filled at bottom, line attached to wheel, and then winched to top along narrow plank with labourer behind guiding. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-tring-cutting-17-june-1837-engineer-robert-stephenson-from-jbourne-57309466.html
RMD96JPJ–Tring cutting - 17 June 1837. Engineer Robert.. Stephenson. From J.Bourne 'Drawings of the London Railway', London 1839. Navvies excavating cutting: wheelbarrows filled at bottom, line attached to wheel, and then winched to top along narrow plank with labourer behind guiding.
Navvies (construction workers) at the Barton Aqueduct during the building of the Manchester Ship Canal, Lancashire, c.1890 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-construction-workers-at-the-barton-aqueduct-during-the-building-79140046.html
RMEGN3X6–Navvies (construction workers) at the Barton Aqueduct during the building of the Manchester Ship Canal, Lancashire, c.1890
The Navvies Monument or memorial Otley, West Yorkshire, England, UK Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-navvies-monument-or-memorial-otley-west-yorkshire-england-uk-87793226.html
RMF2R94A–The Navvies Monument or memorial Otley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Railway construction, Compton, Wolverhampton, 1912. A group of navvies pose for a photograph during the building of the railway Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-railway-construction-compton-wolverhampton-1912-a-group-of-navvies-47446551.html
RMCN5AFK–Railway construction, Compton, Wolverhampton, 1912. A group of navvies pose for a photograph during the building of the railway
Great Western Railway navvies, near Chipping Sodbury in 1901/2 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/great-western-railway-navvies-near-chipping-sodbury-in-19012-image485745406.html
RM2K67H66–Great Western Railway navvies, near Chipping Sodbury in 1901/2
Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bronze-statues-of-19th-century-navvies-who-built-the-royal-military-37403981.html
RMC4RW4D–Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent
The Quarry Tunnel, Gnosall, Staffordshire, hand-cut through sandstone two centuries ago by navvies(Irish workmen) using picks. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-quarry-tunnel-gnosall-staffordshire-hand-cut-through-sandstone-87384437.html
RMF24KMN–The Quarry Tunnel, Gnosall, Staffordshire, hand-cut through sandstone two centuries ago by navvies(Irish workmen) using picks.
The graves of navvies who died during the construction of the Blackwater Reservoir near Kinlochleven in the Scottish Highlands in the early 1900's. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-graves-of-navvies-who-died-during-the-construction-of-the-blackwater-37593551.html
RMC54EXR–The graves of navvies who died during the construction of the Blackwater Reservoir near Kinlochleven in the Scottish Highlands in the early 1900's.
Bronze sculptures of navvies. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bronze-sculptures-of-navvies-112415845.html
RMGETYFH–Bronze sculptures of navvies.
Railway scene, workers or navvies digging and cutting on an embankment, possible tunnel collapse Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-railway-scene-workers-or-navvies-digging-and-cutting-on-an-embankment-138031649.html
RMJ0FTNN–Railway scene, workers or navvies digging and cutting on an embankment, possible tunnel collapse
The Crimean War: Navvies Leaving for the Crimea at the North-Western Railway Terminus Euston Square London UK 1854 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-crimean-war-navvies-leaving-for-the-crimea-at-the-north-western-railway-terminus-euston-square-london-uk-1854-image240576612.html
RMRYB5WT–The Crimean War: Navvies Leaving for the Crimea at the North-Western Railway Terminus Euston Square London UK 1854
Historic archive image of men working in a hole in the road outside Farley Hill School in Berkshire c1900s Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-historic-archive-image-of-men-working-in-a-hole-in-the-road-outside-126401467.html
RMH9J2A3–Historic archive image of men working in a hole in the road outside Farley Hill School in Berkshire c1900s
Group of navvies / manual labourers on a break, leaning against a brick wall. Almost all are wearing flat caps & some are smoking cigarettes or pipes. A shovel is on the ground on the left and several of the workers have bottles of drink Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/group-of-navvies-manual-labourers-on-a-break-leaning-against-a-brick-wall-almost-all-are-wearing-flat-caps-some-are-smoking-cigarettes-or-pipes-a-shovel-is-on-the-ground-on-the-left-and-several-of-the-workers-have-bottles-of-drink-image471007187.html
RM2JA86D7–Group of navvies / manual labourers on a break, leaning against a brick wall. Almost all are wearing flat caps & some are smoking cigarettes or pipes. A shovel is on the ground on the left and several of the workers have bottles of drink
Actor James Barrie as 'William Burke' at the launch of the first Canal Theatre initiative from Scottish Canals and The Walking Theatre Company. Guests will enter the depths of the Falkirk Tunnel on foot as they learn about the dark deeds of 'resurrection men' William Burke and William Hare. The 630 metre long tunnel was blasted and hewn from the rugged rock beneath Prospect Hill in Falkirk almost 200 years ago by 'navvies' like Burke and Hare and is Scotland's oldest and longest canal tunnel. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-actor-james-barrie-as-william-burke-at-the-launch-of-the-first-canal-148708638.html
RMJHX7AP–Actor James Barrie as 'William Burke' at the launch of the first Canal Theatre initiative from Scottish Canals and The Walking Theatre Company. Guests will enter the depths of the Falkirk Tunnel on foot as they learn about the dark deeds of 'resurrection men' William Burke and William Hare. The 630 metre long tunnel was blasted and hewn from the rugged rock beneath Prospect Hill in Falkirk almost 200 years ago by 'navvies' like Burke and Hare and is Scotland's oldest and longest canal tunnel.
The building of Saltash bridge (Royal Albert Bridge), Cartoon by William Heath Robinson Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-the-building-of-saltash-bridge-royal-albert-bridge-cartoon-by-william-165758153.html
RMKHJX61–The building of Saltash bridge (Royal Albert Bridge), Cartoon by William Heath Robinson
Royal Military Canal planned by PM William Pitt the younger, because of Napoleon's threat & supported by King George III. Navvies did the hard graft. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/royal-military-canal-planned-by-pm-william-pitt-the-younger-because-of-napoleons-threat-supported-by-king-george-iii-navvies-did-the-hard-graft-image604635850.html
RM2X3KF5E–Royal Military Canal planned by PM William Pitt the younger, because of Napoleon's threat & supported by King George III. Navvies did the hard graft.
George Stephenson (1781-1848) English mechanical engineer and railway pioneer, born at Wylam, near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Stephenson instructing the navvies constructing the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, which was opened in September 1830. From 'The Triumphs of Steam' by Henry Frith (London, c1898). Engraving. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-george-stephenson-1781-1848-english-mechanical-engineer-and-railway-57292875.html
RMD95WJ3–George Stephenson (1781-1848) English mechanical engineer and railway pioneer, born at Wylam, near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Stephenson instructing the navvies constructing the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, which was opened in September 1830. From 'The Triumphs of Steam' by Henry Frith (London, c1898). Engraving.
LONDON Ship, Blackwall with Navvies for Crimea 1857. Illustrated London News Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-london-ship-blackwall-with-navvies-for-crimea-1857-illustrated-london-95374799.html
RFFF4KER–LONDON Ship, Blackwall with Navvies for Crimea 1857. Illustrated London News
View of Charles Street, looking toward St. Jamess Square, London. (Now Charles II Street.) Navvies and paviors repair the cobblestone road, while fashionable pedestrians, coaches and riders pass by. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc., Strand, London, 1822. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/view-of-charles-street-looking-toward-st-jamess-square-london-now-charles-ii-street-navvies-and-paviors-repair-the-cobblestone-road-while-fashionable-pedestrians-coaches-and-riders-pass-by-handcoloured-copperplate-engraving-from-rudolph-ackermanns-repository-of-arts-literature-fashions-manufactures-etc-strand-london-1822-image571832545.html
RM2T6966W–View of Charles Street, looking toward St. Jamess Square, London. (Now Charles II Street.) Navvies and paviors repair the cobblestone road, while fashionable pedestrians, coaches and riders pass by. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc., Strand, London, 1822.
Inscription on the Navvies Monument or memorial Otley, West Yorkshire, England, UK Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-inscription-on-the-navvies-monument-or-memorial-otley-west-yorkshire-87793224.html
RMF2R948–Inscription on the Navvies Monument or memorial Otley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Railway construction, Compton, Wolverhampton, 1912. A group of navvies pose for a photograph during the building of the railway. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-railway-construction-compton-wolverhampton-1912-a-group-of-navvies-47446560.html
RMCN5AG0–Railway construction, Compton, Wolverhampton, 1912. A group of navvies pose for a photograph during the building of the railway.
Great Western Railway navvies, near Chipping Sodbury in 1901/2 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/great-western-railway-navvies-near-chipping-sodbury-in-19012-image485745405.html
RM2K67H65–Great Western Railway navvies, near Chipping Sodbury in 1901/2
Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bronze-statues-of-19th-century-navvies-who-built-the-royal-military-36645080.html
RMC3H94T–Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent
View of Charles Street, looking toward St. James’s Square, London. (Now Charles II Street.) Navvies and paviors repair the cobblestone road, while fashionable pedestrians, coaches and riders pass by. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc., Strand, London, 1822. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/view-of-charles-street-looking-toward-st-jamess-square-london-now-charles-ii-street-navvies-and-paviors-repair-the-cobblestone-road-while-fashionable-pedestrians-coaches-and-riders-pass-by-handcoloured-copperplate-engraving-from-rudolph-ackermanns-repository-of-arts-literature-fashions-manufactures-etc-strand-london-1822-image366973041.html
RM2C911T1–View of Charles Street, looking toward St. James’s Square, London. (Now Charles II Street.) Navvies and paviors repair the cobblestone road, while fashionable pedestrians, coaches and riders pass by. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc., Strand, London, 1822.
Original postcard of gang of Edwardian workmen, navvies, builders outside house, wearing working clothes and flat caps, holding their work tools, working on a pavement, road building, circa 1910, U.K. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-original-postcard-of-gang-of-edwardian-workmen-navvies-builders-outside-172752645.html
RMM11FN9–Original postcard of gang of Edwardian workmen, navvies, builders outside house, wearing working clothes and flat caps, holding their work tools, working on a pavement, road building, circa 1910, U.K.
Bachmann No 1320 'Gandy Dancer' electrically powered hand car for use on HO/OO gauge model railway track Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bachmann-no-1320-gandy-dancer-electrically-powered-hand-car-for-use-70847111.html
RME37A5Y–Bachmann No 1320 'Gandy Dancer' electrically powered hand car for use on HO/OO gauge model railway track
Memorial to the workmen who died building Blea tunnel and the Ribblehead viaduct, Chapel Le Dale, Yorkshire, England Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/memorial-to-the-workmen-who-died-building-blea-tunnel-and-the-ribblehead-image60064383.html
RMDDM4MF–Memorial to the workmen who died building Blea tunnel and the Ribblehead viaduct, Chapel Le Dale, Yorkshire, England
Luce Maximilien - Navvies Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/luce-maximilien-navvies-image213077713.html
RFPAJEP9–Luce Maximilien - Navvies
Navvies and their Needs 0007 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-and-their-needs-0007-140292164.html
RMJ46T2C–Navvies and their Needs 0007
Haircut, food & drink - navvies at rest, early 20th century. Group of men sitting on a bank having food and drink. One man is sitting in the foreground having his hair cut with a pair of clippers. Spades, metal flasks, flagons, a basket and other items are scattered around Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/haircut-food-drink-navvies-at-rest-early-20th-century-group-of-men-sitting-on-a-bank-having-food-and-drink-one-man-is-sitting-in-the-foreground-having-his-hair-cut-with-a-pair-of-clippers-spades-metal-flasks-flagons-a-basket-and-other-items-are-scattered-around-image465720670.html
RM2J1KBD2–Haircut, food & drink - navvies at rest, early 20th century. Group of men sitting on a bank having food and drink. One man is sitting in the foreground having his hair cut with a pair of clippers. Spades, metal flasks, flagons, a basket and other items are scattered around
Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Manual labourers leaving Britain for the seat of war in the Crimea. '...the ranks of the nomadic army of shovellers are continually recruited from the strongest and most enterprising of the peasantry in the districts in which canals or railroads are made....The party dispatched to the Crimea includes every kind of workmen; not only those who handle the shovel and the pick, and not only with the wheelbarrows, but carpenters, smiths, plate-layers, well-sinkers, &c...It has been stated that the Crimean Navvies are to be armed. This is a mistake Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/navvies-embarking-at-the-birkenhead-docks-1854-manual-labourers-leaving-britain-for-the-seat-of-war-in-the-crimea-the-ranks-of-the-nomadic-army-of-shovellers-are-continually-recruited-from-the-strongest-and-most-enterprising-of-the-peasantry-in-the-districts-in-which-canals-or-railroads-are-madethe-party-dispatched-to-the-crimea-includes-every-kind-of-workmen-not-only-those-who-handle-the-shovel-and-the-pick-and-not-only-with-the-wheelbarrows-but-carpenters-smiths-plate-layers-well-sinkers-ampcit-has-been-stated-that-the-crimean-navvies-are-to-be-armed-this-is-a-mistake-image481979368.html
RM2K041GT–Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Manual labourers leaving Britain for the seat of war in the Crimea. '...the ranks of the nomadic army of shovellers are continually recruited from the strongest and most enterprising of the peasantry in the districts in which canals or railroads are made....The party dispatched to the Crimea includes every kind of workmen; not only those who handle the shovel and the pick, and not only with the wheelbarrows, but carpenters, smiths, plate-layers, well-sinkers, &c...It has been stated that the Crimean Navvies are to be armed. This is a mistake
Excavating the Severn Railway Tunnel, Cartoon by William Heath Robinson Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-excavating-the-severn-railway-tunnel-cartoon-by-william-heath-robinson-165753037.html
RMKHJKK9–Excavating the Severn Railway Tunnel, Cartoon by William Heath Robinson
Luce Maximilien - Navvies - French School - 19th and Early 20th Century Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/luce-maximilien-navvies-french-school-19th-and-early-20th-century-image371895787.html
RM2CH18TB–Luce Maximilien - Navvies - French School - 19th and Early 20th Century
Nagy Balogh Two Navvies c. 1913 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nagy-balogh-two-navvies-c-1913-134906147.html
RMHRDE4K–Nagy Balogh Two Navvies c. 1913
Labour and railway efficiency: Renewing the Permanent Way of a Great Main Line. Sunday work in the tunnel of a great main line outside London - gangs of navvies relaying the permanent way. Date: 1914 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/labour-and-railway-efficiency-renewing-the-permanent-way-of-a-great-main-line-sunday-work-in-the-tunnel-of-a-great-main-line-outside-london-gangs-of-navvies-relaying-the-permanent-way-date-1914-image501438299.html
RM2M3PDJK–Labour and railway efficiency: Renewing the Permanent Way of a Great Main Line. Sunday work in the tunnel of a great main line outside London - gangs of navvies relaying the permanent way. Date: 1914
Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/illustration-depicting-navvies-working-on-the-balaklava-railway-line-dated-19th-century-image186357787.html
RMMR5977–Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century
RAILWAYS Navvies for Crimea address Hesperus 1855. Illustrated London News Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-railways-navvies-for-crimea-address-hesperus-1855-illustrated-london-122700645.html
RFH3HDWW–RAILWAYS Navvies for Crimea address Hesperus 1855. Illustrated London News
St Leonard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK. Many navvies who died constructing the Settle-Carlisle railway are buried here. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/st-leonards-church-chapel-le-dale-yorkshire-dales-national-park-uk-many-navvies-who-died-constructing-the-settle-carlisle-railway-are-buried-here-image335695626.html
RM2AE475E–St Leonard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, UK. Many navvies who died constructing the Settle-Carlisle railway are buried here.
Nagy Balogh Navvies. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/nagy-balogh-navvies-image401917017.html
RM2E9TW75–Nagy Balogh Navvies.
Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-building-a-railway-line-in-the-uk-early-1900s-172865855.html
RMM16M4F–Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s
Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bronze-statues-of-19th-century-navvies-who-built-the-royal-military-44074287.html
RMCFKN5K–Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent
Plymouth's team of women navvies, formed six years ago to give pick and shovel treatment to bombed houses, have completed their Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-plymouths-team-of-women-navvies-formed-six-years-ago-to-give-pick-20358621.html
RMB53BHH–Plymouth's team of women navvies, formed six years ago to give pick and shovel treatment to bombed houses, have completed their
Original, clear, Edwardian era postcard of 2 poor working class men, friends, characters, possibly itinerant labourers, also known as navvies. The men are wearing dirty workwear, jackets, hat and flat cap, one smoking a cigar (he looks like he could be trouble, a rogue!), the other is very shabby looking wearing a jacket with the buttons undone and a crumpled hat who seems to have his lunch in his pocket. They are photographed in their scruffy working clothes as if they have been hurriedly photographed after working outside. U.K. circa 1905. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/original-clear-edwardian-era-postcard-of-2-poor-working-class-men-friends-characters-possibly-itinerant-labourers-also-known-as-navvies-the-men-are-wearing-dirty-workwear-jackets-hat-and-flat-cap-one-smoking-a-cigar-he-looks-like-he-could-be-trouble-a-rogue!-the-other-is-very-shabby-looking-wearing-a-jacket-with-the-buttons-undone-and-a-crumpled-hat-who-seems-to-have-his-lunch-in-his-pocket-they-are-photographed-in-their-scruffy-working-clothes-as-if-they-have-been-hurriedly-photographed-after-working-outside-uk-circa-1905-image459284951.html
RM2HK66HY–Original, clear, Edwardian era postcard of 2 poor working class men, friends, characters, possibly itinerant labourers, also known as navvies. The men are wearing dirty workwear, jackets, hat and flat cap, one smoking a cigar (he looks like he could be trouble, a rogue!), the other is very shabby looking wearing a jacket with the buttons undone and a crumpled hat who seems to have his lunch in his pocket. They are photographed in their scruffy working clothes as if they have been hurriedly photographed after working outside. U.K. circa 1905.
Photo of a small narrow boat which has taken on water.and is semi sunk. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/photo-of-a-small-narrow-boat-which-has-taken-on-waterand-is-semi-sunk-image569877848.html
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railway bridge over Sheffield & Tinsley Canal Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/railway-bridge-over-sheffield-tinsley-canal-image333749700.html
RM2AAYH44–railway bridge over Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
71515 arriving at Furnace Sidings with a train for Whistle Inn. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/71515-arriving-at-furnace-sidings-with-a-train-for-whistle-inn-image357570917.html
RF2BNMN9W–71515 arriving at Furnace Sidings with a train for Whistle Inn.
Navvies at Walshaw Dean Reservoirs Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-at-walshaw-dean-reservoirs-140297517.html
RMJ472WH–Navvies at Walshaw Dean Reservoirs
'Newfield Hotel, Seathwaite, and proprietor: Navvy 'riot' in the wilds of Lake District, July 25th 1904': postcard showing the hotel with smashed windows and a cart outside Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/newfield-hotel-seathwaite-and-proprietor-navvy-riot-in-the-wilds-of-lake-district-july-25th-1904-postcard-showing-the-hotel-with-smashed-windows-and-a-cart-outside-image506151713.html
RM2MBD5JW–'Newfield Hotel, Seathwaite, and proprietor: Navvy 'riot' in the wilds of Lake District, July 25th 1904': postcard showing the hotel with smashed windows and a cart outside
Navvies at the North-Western Railway Terminus, Euston-Square, 1854. Manual labourers leaving London for the seat of war in the Crimea. '...there are instances of men who have risen from the pick and wheelbarrow to be contractors, have banking accounts, and dine with Peers...as a general rule, a well-built frame and strong lungs, breadth across the chest, back, and loins, rather than excessive height, are the characteristics of the genuine Navvy...They have the faults of all uneducated men in this beer-drinking country, who work hard and earn heavy wages...But they have also many virtues. They Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/navvies-at-the-north-western-railway-terminus-euston-square-1854-manual-labourers-leaving-london-for-the-seat-of-war-in-the-crimea-there-are-instances-of-men-who-have-risen-from-the-pick-and-wheelbarrow-to-be-contractors-have-banking-accounts-and-dine-with-peersas-a-general-rule-a-well-built-frame-and-strong-lungs-breadth-across-the-chest-back-and-loins-rather-than-excessive-height-are-the-characteristics-of-the-genuine-navvythey-have-the-faults-of-all-uneducated-men-in-this-beer-drinking-country-who-work-hard-and-earn-heavy-wagesbut-they-have-also-many-virtues-they-image481979350.html
RM2K041G6–Navvies at the North-Western Railway Terminus, Euston-Square, 1854. Manual labourers leaving London for the seat of war in the Crimea. '...there are instances of men who have risen from the pick and wheelbarrow to be contractors, have banking accounts, and dine with Peers...as a general rule, a well-built frame and strong lungs, breadth across the chest, back, and loins, rather than excessive height, are the characteristics of the genuine Navvy...They have the faults of all uneducated men in this beer-drinking country, who work hard and earn heavy wages...But they have also many virtues. They
Group of Men at a Railway Tunnel in Construction at West Meon, Hampshire, England - 1900 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/group-of-men-at-a-railway-tunnel-in-construction-at-west-meon-hampshire-england-1900-image542699388.html
RF2PEX2H0–Group of Men at a Railway Tunnel in Construction at West Meon, Hampshire, England - 1900
Navvies in a punt trying to rescue people in a pub from floods near Cardiff South Wales July 1875. Victorian woodcut engraving dated 1875 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-in-a-punt-trying-to-rescue-people-in-a-pub-from-floods-near-104581499.html
RMG242NF–Navvies in a punt trying to rescue people in a pub from floods near Cardiff South Wales July 1875. Victorian woodcut engraving dated 1875
Nagy Balogh Navvies Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nagy-balogh-navvies-137404923.html
RMHYF9AK–Nagy Balogh Navvies
Navvies blasting rocks at Linslade Date: 1837 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-blasting-rocks-at-linslade-date-1837-105288222.html
RMG3885J–Navvies blasting rocks at Linslade Date: 1837
Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/illustration-depicting-navvies-working-on-the-balaklava-railway-line-dated-19th-century-image186357795.html
RMMR597F–Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century
RFH3HA6Y–CHESHIRE Navvies boarding, Birkenhead Docks 1854. Illustrated London News
Navvies ON DOCK, 5TH DISTRICT, PARIS Terrassiers sur le quai, Paris (Vème arr.), 1898. Photographie d'Eugène Atget (1857-1927). Paris, musée Carnavalet. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/navvies-on-dock-5th-district-paris-terrassiers-sur-le-quai-paris-vme-arr-1898-photographie-deugne-atget-1857-1927-paris-muse-carnavalet-image349913623.html
RM2B97XB3–Navvies ON DOCK, 5TH DISTRICT, PARIS Terrassiers sur le quai, Paris (Vème arr.), 1898. Photographie d'Eugène Atget (1857-1927). Paris, musée Carnavalet.
. Two Navvies . circa 1913 72 Nagy Balogh Two Navvies c. 1913 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/two-navvies-circa-1913-72-nagy-balogh-two-navvies-c-1913-image189297851.html
RMMYY79F–. Two Navvies . circa 1913 72 Nagy Balogh Two Navvies c. 1913
Nagy Balogh Navvies with Barrow. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/nagy-balogh-navvies-with-barrow-image401917040.html
RM2E9TW80–Nagy Balogh Navvies with Barrow.
Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-building-a-railway-line-in-the-uk-early-1900s-172865840.html
RMM16M40–Navvies building a railway line in the UK, early 1900s
Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bronze-statues-of-19th-century-navvies-who-built-the-royal-military-44074350.html
RMCFKN7X–Bronze statues of 19th century navvies who built the Royal Military Canal Hythe Kent
Plymouth s squad of professional women navvies hard at work with the men pulling down bombed premises to make way for rebuilding in the city One of the women is Mrs Vera Bennett left July 1947 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-plymouth-s-squad-of-professional-women-navvies-hard-at-work-with-the-19541047.html
RMB3P4PF–Plymouth s squad of professional women navvies hard at work with the men pulling down bombed premises to make way for rebuilding in the city One of the women is Mrs Vera Bennett left July 1947
The Navvy Life scenario depicting three navvies at work building a railway at the Steam Museum, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-navvy-life-scenario-depicting-three-navvies-at-work-building-a-117178658.html
RMGPHXG2–The Navvy Life scenario depicting three navvies at work building a railway at the Steam Museum, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
Lock-up in Gnosall, Staffordshire. Built in 1832 to help imprison unruly agricultural peasants and canal workers (navvies). Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-lock-up-in-gnosall-staffordshire-built-in-1832-to-help-imprison-unruly-117034365.html
RFGPBAEN–Lock-up in Gnosall, Staffordshire. Built in 1832 to help imprison unruly agricultural peasants and canal workers (navvies).
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RM2AAYK3W–railway bridge over Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
71515 passes the mock - up of a downed Messerschmidt at Furnace Sidings during a '1940's Weekend' at the Pontypoo and Blaenavon Railway. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/71515-passes-the-mock-up-of-a-downed-messerschmidt-at-furnace-sidings-during-a-1940s-weekend-at-the-pontypoo-and-blaenavon-railway-image359590233.html
RF2BW0N09–71515 passes the mock - up of a downed Messerschmidt at Furnace Sidings during a '1940's Weekend' at the Pontypoo and Blaenavon Railway.
Navvies and Their Needs djvu pg 36 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-navvies-and-their-needs-djvu-pg-36-140292161.html
RMJ46T29–Navvies and Their Needs djvu pg 36
Navvies with Barrow 1912 by Janos Nagy Balogh Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/navvies-with-barrow-1912-by-janos-nagy-balogh-image573954962.html
RM2T9NWBE–Navvies with Barrow 1912 by Janos Nagy Balogh
Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens of Burlington House, Piccadilly, clearing the ground for a drill-shed, 1862. 'Amateur navvies...[building] a new room of corrugated iron, 150ft. long by 50ft. broad, for the use of the companies of the regiment situated in London. It was found necessary to remove an immense bank of earth, containing many hundred cubic yards, so as to get the desired level for the floor of the drill-room...Lord Ranelagh, the indefatigable commandant of the South Middlesex, called for volunteers...[and]each night a squad of Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/members-of-the-south-middlesex-rifle-volunteer-corps-at-work-by-torchlight-in-the-gardens-of-burlington-house-piccadilly-clearing-the-ground-for-a-drill-shed-1862-amateur-navvies-building-a-new-room-of-corrugated-iron-150ft-long-by-50ft-broad-for-the-use-of-the-companies-of-the-regiment-situated-in-london-it-was-found-necessary-to-remove-an-immense-bank-of-earth-containing-many-hundred-cubic-yards-so-as-to-get-the-desired-level-for-the-floor-of-the-drill-roomlord-ranelagh-the-indefatigable-commandant-of-the-south-middlesex-called-for-volunteers-and-each-night-a-squad-of-image595000921.html
RM2WG0HMW–Members of the South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at work by torchlight in the gardens of Burlington House, Piccadilly, clearing the ground for a drill-shed, 1862. 'Amateur navvies...[building] a new room of corrugated iron, 150ft. long by 50ft. broad, for the use of the companies of the regiment situated in London. It was found necessary to remove an immense bank of earth, containing many hundred cubic yards, so as to get the desired level for the floor of the drill-room...Lord Ranelagh, the indefatigable commandant of the South Middlesex, called for volunteers...[and]each night a squad of
A group of navvies working on an elevated section of an inner London railway. Date: 19th century Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-group-of-navvies-working-on-an-elevated-section-of-an-inner-london-railway-date-19th-century-image557110772.html
RM2RAAGD8–A group of navvies working on an elevated section of an inner London railway. Date: 19th century
A Royal Military Canal Navvy Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/a-royal-military-canal-navvy-image215191014.html
Railway scene, navvies working below a bridge or viaduct Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/railway-scene-navvies-working-below-a-bridge-or-viaduct-image504776671.html
RM2M96FP7–Railway scene, navvies working below a bridge or viaduct
Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/illustration-depicting-navvies-working-on-the-balaklava-railway-line-dated-19th-century-image186357776.html
RMMR596T–Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century
CRIMEA Navvies for receiving & carrying kits 1855. Illustrated London News Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-crimea-navvies-for-receiving-carrying-kits-1855-illustrated-london-122700642.html
RFH3HDWP–CRIMEA Navvies for receiving & carrying kits 1855. Illustrated London News
Peel Fire at Helenaveen in Brabant, navvies working on extinguishing Date: July 28, 1959 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/peel-fire-at-helenaveen-in-brabant-navvies-working-on-extinguishing-date-july-28-1959-image342509620.html
RM2AW6JEC–Peel Fire at Helenaveen in Brabant, navvies working on extinguishing Date: July 28, 1959
Actor James Barrie as 'William Burke' at the launch of the first Canal Theatre initiative from Scottish Canals and The Walking Theatre Company. Guests will enter the depths of the Falkirk Tunnel on foot as they learn about the dark deeds of 'resurrection men' William Burke and William Hare. The 630 metre long tunnel was blasted and hewn from the rugged rock beneath Prospect Hill in Falkirk almost 200 years ago by 'navvies' like Burke and Hare and is Scotland's oldest and longest canal tunnel. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-actor-james-barrie-as-william-burke-at-the-launch-of-the-first-canal-148708588.html
RMJHX790–Actor James Barrie as 'William Burke' at the launch of the first Canal Theatre initiative from Scottish Canals and The Walking Theatre Company. Guests will enter the depths of the Falkirk Tunnel on foot as they learn about the dark deeds of 'resurrection men' William Burke and William Hare. The 630 metre long tunnel was blasted and hewn from the rugged rock beneath Prospect Hill in Falkirk almost 200 years ago by 'navvies' like Burke and Hare and is Scotland's oldest and longest canal tunnel.
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