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Three miners at work in the tunnel
| Object no. | LDBRU:2017.5 |
|---|---|
| Size | 435mm (w) x 260mm (h) |
| Location | Stored at the London Metropolitan Archives |
| Acquired | Auction at Bonhams Grants from NHMF, Art Fund, V&A, Friends National Libraries & Trinity Buoy Wharf |
Watercolour depicting three miners at work in the tunnel; shows how miners would dig forward, and the whole shield would be driven forward by hydraulics, in exactly the way that was eventually used, on a larger scale, in the "Great Shield"