Workmen fitting metal casings to form an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.

Date:
1868
Reference:
36586i
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Workmen fitting metal casings to form an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This is the "Greathead Shield" devised by the engineer of that name for deep tunnel working through clay soil

Publication/Creation

1868

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; image 12.6 x 11.5 cm

Lettering

Putting the castings. Further lettering in pencil reads: Tower Subway 1868.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36586i

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English

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