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navvy
noun
navvy
navvy
noun
steam navvy

navvy <a navvy; navvies> N

navvy ARCHIT

navvy N

steam navvy

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To his right an older navvy is seen shovelling unsifted lime into a sieve.
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The lives of about 100 navvies (railway construction workers) were lost during construction.
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Construction was carried out by navvies and coordinated by top engineers.
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Using pulleys and ropes hung from the apex of the shear, the navvies hoisted the columns, girders and other parts into place.
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He was scrupulously fair with his subcontractors and kind to his navvies, supporting them financially at their times of need.
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It was to take many years for the navvies to build this line.
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The building of the line required over a thousand navvies and cost the lives of thirty-two of them, seriously injuring 140 others.
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Some 1,600 navvies and 70 horses were used to build the 18mi km line.
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The factory took 10,000 navvies to build it, and employed 30,000 workers, mostly women.
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The line was one of the earlier built with the aid of steam navvies.
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