Construction in progress of the Raithwaite culvert and road – Whitby to Sandsend – this to allow access for the Newholm beck to flow into the sea. The present day road from Sandsend to Whitby passes over this now hidden engineering work. David Richardson advised: “The photograph was taken sometime during the early 1920’s when the culvert and road where constructed in Raithwaite valley near Sandsend.” The original image possibly taken by Tom Watson of Lythe; he was commissioned to make a week by week photographic record of the works.
Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection, thanks to David Richardson for the update.
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