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Navvies

BAJANEXILE

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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 coined in the late 18th century in Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever
bajanexile 06-06-12 10:31
Shot inside Steam, Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, England. Toned conversion with a Vignette added.
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