M0014795: A section of a wooden water main, 17th century

Previous title, replaced October 2021: A section of a wooden water main, 17th century.

Photograph of a section of a 17th century wooden water main with a bore of 6 inches and an outside diameter of about 16 inches. 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.