Exeter Teign Valley & Chagford Railway ceremonial spade

Made:
1894

Ceremonial spade, silver with wooden handle, used for cutting the first sod of the Exeter, Teign Valley & Chagford Railway, 1894.

Details

Category:
Miscellanea & Curiosities
Object Number:
1999-7115
Measurements:
37 x 8 x 3 in.; 939.8 x 203.2 x 76.2 mm
type:
spade
credit:
British Rail, Clapham