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BW192/3/2/2/12/1/313
Shaft collapsed at Braunston Tunnel on the Grand Junction Canal
Description
Black and white photograph showing a hole in the ground ('wet pit') at tunnel shaft number 3, district labourer Overton is stood beside the hole. [Replacing the shaft took 2 years, but traffic resumed within hours.]
Date
March 1909
Reference code
BW192/3/2/2/12/1/313
Extent & medium
1 photograph
Physical characteristics
Negative only