- Object name(s):
- photograph
- Brief description:
- photograph, view of a classical railway tunnel from tracks, Middle Hill Tunnel, Box, Wiltshire, 1900
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- environment
- Associated concept:
- buildings
- Associated concept:
- transport
- Associated concept:
- rail
- Associated concept:
- personalia
- Associated concept:
- Brunel
- Condition:
- good
- Content - person:
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
- Content - place:
- Box
- Place status:
- Parish
- Content - place:
- Middle Hill Tunnel
- Place status:
- Site Name
- Content - place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- County
- Content - place:
- Place status:
- tunnel
- Place status:
- railway
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 96
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 72
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 96
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 72
- Distinguishing features:
- The Middle Hill tunnel at Box is the shorter of the two railway tunnels at Box and dates from 1840. The photograph shows one of the two tunnel portals, both listed Grade II*. The much longer Box Tunnel was built in 1837-41 and is a great engineering feat of Brunel's
- Distinguishing features:
- This photograph was originally misattributed as the great Box Tunnel. It was correctly identified as Middle Hill Tunnel Box on 9 April 2019 (Brunel's birthday). SAM 9.4.2019
- Material:
- photographic paper
- Object name:
- photograph
- Object number:
- DZSWS:1983.8034
- Object production date:
- 1900
- Other number:
- t/37
- Use reference number:
- previous number
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01487d1e-5d19-344c-99e7-26f53bc3f1b9
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01487d1e-5d19-344c-99e7-26f53bc3f1b9, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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