Sheet lead corroded into numerous holes

Made:: before 1889 in Newport

maker:: Isle of Wight Central Railway and W.H. Upward

Sheet lead corroded into numerous holes. This lead was used for lining wooden troughs for soaking cotton in before 1840 in the Cotton Spinning Works of Arkwright and Melville, Matlock Bath. Communicated by Mr. Melville, 1840

Details

Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1889-164/1671

type:: specimen

credit:: John Percy Collection

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