-
fluorescent orange "Workers Ahead" signage,
navvies use pale blue "
Navvies at Work" signs. In
British Columbia, "
navvy jack" is a
common term in construction...
- in 1877. The
mission grew,
supplying missionaries to the
navvies,
libraries for the
navvies' camps, soup kitchens, and
savings banks. The Rev.
Henry Scott...
- from 1909, this
machine – Ruston's
called it a 'crane
navvy' – is the
oldest surviving steam navvy in the world. It was
originally used at a
chalk pit at...
- The
United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams,
commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's
primary special operations force and a component...
-
British Trade Unions, vol.3, p.124 "
Navvies' and
General Labourers' Union".
Barry Herald. 16
October 1896. "The
Navvies' Union:
Barry its headquarters"....
- of the song) were
other major construction companies employing Irish '
navvies' (a
British term
referring to
building labourers and
originally coined...
-
eight kilometres (5.0 mi) east of
Kicking Horse P****. Many
thousands of
navvies worked on the railway. Many were
European immigrants. In
British Columbia...
-
constructing the
Manchester Ship Canal.
Initially named the
Manchester Ship
Canal Navvies Union, Hall was
elected as its
first secretary,
early in 1889, and its...
-
mortar which is
being mixed by
other navvies at the
right of the composition. A hodcarrier,
visible behind the main
navvy, is
transporting bricks down into...
- 1995). "Phantom
Trains Wreak Havoc in
Channel Tunnel". The Times. UK. "
Navvies". ingenious. 11
March 2008.
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original on 27 July 2009...
