M0014796: Joint from a 17th century water main

Previous title, replaced October 2021: A joint from a 17th century water main.

Photograph of a joint from a 17th century water main excavated in St. John's Wood in 1896. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

June 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.