Blasting Rocks, Linslade

Made:
1838
artist:
John Cooke Bourne
Blasting Rocks, Linslade Blasting Rocks, Linslade
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Wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne, from a collection of views on The Construction of The London & Birmingham Railway. Blasting rocks, Linslade. Oct. 1938. Dimensions 238mm x 343mm

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
1990-7227
Measurements:
overall: 238 mm x 343 mm
type:
wash drawing
credit:
British Rail, Records Office

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