Catalogue description The K H L Leech collection of railway photographs

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Details of The Leech Collection
Reference: The Leech Collection
Title: The K H L Leech collection of railway photographs
Description:

Composed of 4¼ x 3¼ ins glass negatives, featuring views of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway dated 1911 to 1916; the Great Northern Railway - including two photographs of his beloved Stirling Singles - from about 1906 to 1923 and some LNWR views. There is a small body of work by an unknown photographer showing LNWR stations, engines and trains between about 1900 and 1905.

 

The LT& SR photographs have been listed.
Date: 1906-1927
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Leech, K H L, d 1995, mechanical engineer and railway photographer
Physical description: 187 negatives
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

Leech, Chief Mechanical Engineer with the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company, took around 18,000 photographs. The NRM acquired the Leech Collection in 1985.

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