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Title:
Letter 1838 Mar 20 [to] Isambard [K. Brunel]
Object name(s):
letter; letter
Brief description:
[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]
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Credit line:
Sotheby's
Object name:
letter; letter
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1838
Date - latest:
1838
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1838
Date - latest:
1838
Object production person:
Brunel, Marc Isambard, Sir, 1769-1849
Other number:
1992-218
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
MS/1351
Other number type:
Adlib Reference
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Archive

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3c747834-5514-3fd9-994a-ddeb09e2b599

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3c747834-5514-3fd9-994a-ddeb09e2b599, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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