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LicenseBrimscombe Port halfpenny token
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Brimscombe Port halfpenny token
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Brimscombe Port halfpenny, 1795
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Brimscombe Port halfpenny, 1795. (DH Glos 60). Issuer The Thames and Severn Canal Co., 1795, ½d. Obverse Barge sailing (a Severn trow): ‘Thames and Severn Canal, 1795’. Reverse Entrance to the Sapperton Tunnel. Notes Canal building was a major industry in the late 18th century. The Thames and Severn canal linked the Severn at Wallbridge near Stroud with the Thames near Lechlade. The total length, including a branch to Cirencester, was about 30 miles. The Sapperton Tunnel was nearly two and a half miles in length and an engineering feat.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1977-381/75
- Materials:
- copper (alloy)
- Measurements:
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diameter: 28 mm,
- type:
- token
- credit:
- Mr. J Newmark.
