Polished mahogany wheelbarrow and one silver spade

Polished mahogany wheelbarrow and one silver spade, engraved - "used in the cutting of the first sod of the Mid Wales Railway, 1859"

Details

Category:
Miscellanea & Curiosities
Object Number:
1945-73
type:
wheelbarrow and spade
credit:
Haines, G.

Parts

Commemorative wheelbarrow, Mid-Wales Railway, turning of the first sod by Mrs Pine

Commemorative wheelbarrow, Mid-Wales Railway, turning of the first sod by Mrs Pine

Commemorative wheelbarrow, Mid-Wales, polished mahogany, 'Presented to Mrs Pine in commemoration of her turning the first sod of the Mid-Wales Railway 2nd September 1859.'

Materials:
mahogany (wood)
Object Number:
1945-73 Pt1
type:
wheelbarrow
Silver spade used to cut first sod of Mid Wales Railway

Silver spade used to cut first sod of Mid Wales Railway

Silver spade, engraved - "used in the cutting of the first sod of the Mid Wales Railway, 1859"

Object Number:
1945-73 Pt2
type:
spade

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