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A life-size statue of a railway navvy dressed in workman's clothes and cloth cap. He has a shovel and pick resting over one shoulder and his other hand is hooked into his belt. The statue stands on a two-step round base.

Title

Victorian Railway Navvy

Date

1992

Medium

bronze

Accession number

SL9_SR_S021

Acquisition method

commissioned and sponsored by a partnership of local businesses, British Rail Community Unit, and South Bucks District Council

Work type

Statue

Custodian

South Bucks District Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

3rd September 1992

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Station opening times.

Inscription description

oval plaque: VICTORIAN RAILWAY NAVVY / BY / ANTHONY STONES / UNVEILED BY MR JOHN NELSON, / MANAGING DIRECTOR NETWORK SOUTHEAST / 3RD SEPTEMBER 1992 / SPONSORED BY BRITISH RAIL COMMUNITY UNIT, GENESIS, / THAMES & CHILTERN DIVISION OF NETWORK SOUTHEAST, / PAULING PLC, / WORTHY BUILDERS, BARHALE CONSTRUCTION PLC, / COSTAIN PLC, SOUTH BUCKS DISTRICT COUNCIL, / COLNE VALLEY PARK GROUNDWORK TRUST

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