Kings Cross, Copenhagen Fields district

(click on the image for a larger version, or on the box for the very large version (about 1700 x 1200 pixels and between about 300 to 500 Kb in size)

Large Version	As mentioned previously, these were in our archives. The prints are either on card or a lighweight paper. The size is just a little too large for the scanner so a little detail around the edges has been lost. Note the contractor's loco and shed, just visible in the first photo, behind the signal post in the middle
Large Version	Large Version
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Other things to note on these photos (personal comments by Mike Joseph):

Photo 1: Not only the loco & shed, but the stub points in the foreground. Also, I had thought that cultivation of the embankments was a result of WW1, but was obviously happening in 1900 when these photos were taken. Visible in this view (just) is the cattle market tower and one of the four pubs that stood square on the each corner of the cattle market (in the distance behind the shear legs).

Photo 2: A real period piece - no arguing who the boss is - he's standing right in the middle of the photo with a stance that says 'no arguement'! Also note the little tableau to his right, the large (about 1 ton?) piece of stonework being lowered. Look how the two men are standing, if it goes wrong, one loses a leg and the other falls about 20 ft onto rubble from a most precarious plank!. Turn up the brightness and there are men standing in the tunnel itself. Finally, look at that huge baulk of timber to his left - possibly unobtainable now and could well have come from the last of the big wooden ships that were being broken up about now.

Photos 3, 4 & 5: I had always thought that girder bridges were transported and assembled as a lump. I have been corrected! The bridges were supplied as a kit of parts and assembled on site which included hot rivetting thousands of rivets to hold the plates, strengtheners, etc together. Note also the shearlegs for lifting/lowering items on site. The third photo also show the retaining wall had been built before the rest of the soil removed by digging a huge trench - presumably the weather was dry otherwise it stood a fair chance of collapse. The last shot is a view over the bridge towards the tunnel.

Finally, these photos are faded and have been enhanced slightly, but the smokiness of the atmosphere is apparent on a couple of the photos.