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Snowhill Tunnel

Catalogue Reference:(MOL) 86.184/2

A wooden wheelbarrow dating from about 1870 used in the construction of the Snowhill Tunnel under London. It has an iron wheel and is partially damaged by fire. Irish labour was responsible for a lot of the work on the huge engineering projects necessary to build England's Victorian transport system.

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