EPW008469 ENGLAND (1923). The Hosiery Works and environs, Loughborough, 1923

This bridge was removed after closure of the railway in 1969. Following the restoration of the Great Central Railway to the south in 1974 and the Great Central (Nottingham) section in 2003, plans were made to link the two together, with the result that sometime in 2017 the bridge will be rebuilt.

Fields flooded by the River Soar.

Great Central Railway, opened in 1899. Closed 1969. The part to the right of this picture was reopened as the Great Central Railway by a preservation group in 1974.

Midland main line from St Pancras to Derby and Nottingham. In the year of this photograph the Midland Railway was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as part of the 'Grouping'.

Grand Union Canal, Leicester branch, going round to join the River Soar on the north side of Loughborough, where it becomes the Loughborough section for the last few miles to reach the Trent.