Letter 1838 Mar 20 [to] Isambard [K. Brunel]

[Letter] 1838 Mar 20 [to] Isambard [K. Brunel] / M.I. Brunel. ["Having heard from those men who were in the shield to the last moment", he reports re construction (of Thames Tunnel) "in the course of a few minutes roaring noise was heard [indicating] that the ground having been washed at the Back of the Polings, the Polings were thrown from their place ... and the protection entirely broken away." Some polings were picked up in the river]

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Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1992-218
type:
letter
credit:
Sotheby's