Newport to Edgmond Road.

Description:

Newport to Edgmond Road. Identified as below Beech Hill. Road repairs showing steam roller, a Fowler D2 steam engine (possibly no12545 of 1911) sold by the Horsehay Steam Haulage company, in the background. Before the 1929 Local Government Act the responsibility for maintenance of the roads in rural areas was the Rural District Council, and the Urban District Council in urban areas.

Date: 1923

File number: N000986

Classification code: 19.03

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