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navvies — nav·vy || nævɪ n. unskilled blue collar laborer … English contemporary dictionary
Navvy — A navvy depicted in Ford Madox Brown s painting Work Navvy is a shorter form of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (USA) and is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects. The term was… … Wikipedia
Thomas Brassey — This article is about the civil engineering contractor. For his son of the same name, see Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey. Thomas Brassey Thomas Brassey in 1830 Born 7 November 1805 Buerton, Cheshir … Wikipedia
Disley Tunnel — [UK] was built by the Midland Railway in 1902 on its line between New Mills South Junction and Manchester Central, which was more direct than the congested and difficult lines through Stockport Tiviot Dale. It was the most expensive work on the… … Wikipedia
Workington — For other uses, see Workington (disambiguation). Coordinates: 54°38′11″N 3°33′18″W / 54.6365°N 3.5549°W / 54.6365; 3.5549 … Wikipedia
Settle-Carlisle Railway — The Settle ndash;Carlisle Railway (S C) is a convert|72|mi|sing=on long main railway line in northern England. It is also known as the Settle and Carlisle . It is a part of the National Rail network and was constructed in the 1870s. Apart from… … Wikipedia
Elan Valley Reservoirs — The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man made lakes and reservoirs in the Elan Valley in Powys, Mid Wales (also known as the Welsh Lake District ), using the rivers Elan and Claerwen. The reservoirs are Claerwen, Craig Goch, Pen y Garreg,… … Wikipedia
Skelmanthorpe — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.59083 longitude= 1.64915 official name= Skelmanthorpe map type= West Yorkshire population = metropolitan borough= Kirklees metropolitan county = West Yorkshire region= Yorkshire and the Humber… … Wikipedia
Meon Valley Railway — [v · d · … Wikipedia
CFCP — Canadien Pacifique Logo du Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique Limitée Création 1881 Fondateur(s) John A. Macdonald … Wikipédia en Français
