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287: 239: 170:(initially called 'steam navvies') were available in the 1840s, but were not considered cost effective until much later in the 19th century, especially in Britain and Europe where experienced labourers were easily obtained and comparatively cheap. Elsewhere, for example in the United States and Canada, where labour was more scarce and expensive, machines were used. In the States the machine tradition became so strong that " the word navvy is understood to mean not a man but a 733: 719: 258:." Due in part to constructing through rural areas, and, in part, the navvies negative reputation, two-thirds of the railway construction sites had housing erected specifically for the navvy. Initially, the housing "huts" were constructed quickly and meant to be temporary. As a result, little thought was given to comfort, let alone sanitation, which was actually a prominent issue for everyone during the 194:, leaving little for food. When the workers were unfit to work, monies were subtracted from their wages and meal tokens were issued. These tokens could be handed in at meal caravans for a bowl of soup and a portion of bread. At first the token was a slip of paper called a "flimsy" because of its thickness. In today's terms it would be similar to a grade called " 345:, contains the following navvy slang; "'now, Jack, I'm goin' to get a tiddley wink of pig's ear; keep your mince pies on the Billy Gorman.'" This means the speaker's going for a beer, and asking the person being addressed, to keep his eyes on the foreman. Their exclusionary code usually left outsiders confused. 297:
Due to limited safety protocols, navvies were frequently injured or killed on the job. For each mile of rail laid, there was an average of three work-related deaths, which was even higher when working on sections that required tunnelling. The particularly high incidence of navvy mortality during the
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in 1811. John Chave, a local who was regionally well known for living in a "haunted house," was approached by a group of drunk navvies. The encounter left Chave feeling threatened, so after proceeding home with the navvy group in tow, he used a gun to shoot a warning shot into the crowd, which hit
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In addition to these unhygienic living conditions, navvies shared housing, some even sleeping on floors. The majority of navvies were Englishmen, with 30% of the group being Irish. While this ratio varied from navvy shanty town to shanty town, sleeping arrangements were segregated. In at least one
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Being a navvy labourer became a cultural experience unto its own during the 19th century. Most accounts chronicling the life of a navvy worker come from local newspapers portraying navvies as drunk and unruly men, but fail to provide any mention that families were formed and raised despite the
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Many slang terms were used as a method of communication among navvies, which facilitated bonding amongst them, as it was frequently used for a laugh, or as a method of asking for someone to watch your back, while you sneaked a smoke break, or went off for a drink.
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returns, showed that the great majority of navvies in Britain were English. He also stated that "only the ubiquitous Irish can be regarded as a truly international force in railway construction," but the Irish were only about 30% of the navvies.
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In many cases, though, as time passed, the local establishments benefited from navvy business, which strengthened relations, and even forged friendships with an occasional local helping teach reading and writing to some navvies.
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and had the initials LMR stamped upon them. This reduced the problems of drunken navvies and eliminated the local farm labourers freeloading from the food caravans. Tokens and a description of their use can be found in the
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The natural tension between locals and outsiders sometimes bred distrust of the navvies. Occasionally, this strain between the two would result in violence such as riots, or death. One such instance occurred at
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Over time, housing arrangements progressed positively, with the structures being built with more care, and even attached land being offered for use so navvies and their families could grow their own food.
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Navvies working on railway projects typically continued to work using hand tools, supplemented with explosives (particularly when tunnelling, and to clear obdurate difficulties). Steam-powered
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In addition to their nomadic living arrangements, navvies confronted varying degrees of dangerous work environments that depended both on the terrain, and the locals' reception of them.
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to make concrete. The usage derives from "Navvy Jack", by ordinary name Jack Thomas, a former navvy who used a rowboat to mine good-quality gravel from beaches in
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Much of the terminology appears to be fluid, relying primarily on rhyming with the intended meaning. One example provided by Daniel William Barrett, in his book,
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projects and occasionally in North America to refer to mechanical shovels and earth moving machinery. The term was coined in the late 18th century in
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and similar projects. Navvies also participated in building canals in Britain, and by the 20th century, they were the predominant workforce.
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to administer to the perceived religious needs of navvy settlements, with preaching, a newsletter and charity work. The construction tycoon
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The construction of canals in Britain was superseded by contracts to construct railway projects from 1830 onward, which developed into the
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In Britain, "navvy" sometimes means a workman digging a hole in a public road to get access to buried services such as gas mains or
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to arrest 12 individuals. Though, this is not necessarily indicative of relations between the English and Irish in all navvy gangs.
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The Ian Campbell Folk Group song "Here Come the Navvies" which was a song frequently taught in UK schools in the 1970s.
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encouraged religious services for his workforce, as well as providing some social services to the navvy populations.
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answers several questions about the chemistry of concrete, the Doctor says she "would make a first class navvy".
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documented instance, a riot broke out between the two nationalities in one navvy shanty town, causing local
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prompted the Enquiry of 1846, which eventually led to the need for the formation of and evaluation by a
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during the early part of the 19th century lived in squalid temporary accommodations referred to as "
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attracted many Irish workers to become a major part of the workforce on the construction of the
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and killed one of the group members causing a riot to ensue. The death was later deemed a
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Navvies constructing the railway between Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden (ca 1900).
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Common Labor: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals, 1780-1860
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is described as having "arms like a navvy and a face like dried fruit".
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Navvies are referenced throughout George Orwell's fictionalized memoir
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In Britain, the name "navvies" is sometimes given to members of the
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were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations".
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Brooke, David (1989-01-01). "The Railway Navvy—a reassessment".
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The Railway Navvies: a history of the men who made the railways
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The Men who Built Britain: A History of the Irish Navvy
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In the mid-1800s some efforts were made by evangelical
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An excavating machine or steam shovel, as noted above.
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Many of the navvies employed to build the railways in
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and infrequently ran a rowboat-ferry for settlers on
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