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Messrs. Petto, Brassey and Betts, Civil Engineering Contractors. A crowd of workmen waiting outside contractors' office to be selected for work building a railway across Crimea. The Crimean War had been declared against the Russians late in the summer of 1854 and a severe winter had worsened the situation for British troops stationed there.

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Details
Collection:
Image type:	Engraving
Artist:
Ref:	04216
Identifier:	SP12/64/CON.1
Date:	1855