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British & Chinese road b'ld'rs [i.e. builders] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    Not British, it turns out. Canadian;
    IWM site has this photo with this caption:

    "THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918

    part of "term-257480" (photographs) Made by: Aitken, Thomas Keith (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer) 1918-03-11

    Canadian railway troops creating a cutting during construction of a broad-gauge railway at Lapugnoy (near Bethune), 11 March 1918. Empty scrapers returning to fill up."
    THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
    THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 10733)
  • Art Siegel said:
    The poles and rooftops on the horizon indicate that this was taken very near to the following photo at IWM's site:
    "THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918

    part of "term-257480" (photographs) Made by: Aitken, Thomas Keith (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer) 1918-03-11

    Under supervision of Canadian railway troops, Chinese Labourers fill light railway tip-wagons with earth during the construction of a broad gauge railway at Lapugnoy (near Bethune), 11 March 1918.

    THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
    THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 10735)
  • Art Siegel said:
    "The Chinese Labour Corps (CLC; French: Corps de Travailleurs Chinois) was a force of workers recruited by the British government in World War I to free troops for front line duty by performing support work and manual labour. The French government also recruited a significant number of Chinese labourers, and although those labourers working for the French were recruited separately and not part of the CLC, they are often considered to be so. In all, some 140,000 men served for both British and French forces before the war ended and most of the men were repatriated to China between 1918 and 1920. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Labour_Corps
  • Lara S said:
    Thanks for your help Art Siegel, we will add more detail to the catalog!

French building bridge at Tours Sur Marne (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • bior said:
    Here is a Google Satellite View of the current bridge in Tours-sur-Marne.
  • Art Siegel said:
    This is a cropped version of the Agence Meurisse photo on the Gallica site, which bears the caption: "Pont de tours-sur-Marne détruit par les Allemands : le Génie français construisant un pont de fortune" [Tours-sur-Marne bridge destroyed by the Germans: French engineers construct a makeshift bridge] Pub. Date 1914, gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9041880h

German bridge train (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • bior said:
    He's rocking that cape