The Railway Navvies

Description:

This is the history of the thousands of navvies of the railway age who, in less than eighty years, from 1822 onwards, built 20,000 miles of track with their picks and shovels.

subjects: Railroad construction workers,  Railroads,  History,  Design and construction,  Ouvriers de la construction des chemins de fer,  Chemins de fer,  Conception et construction,  Histoire

Places: Great Britain