Sujet

Replacing an old gas main, Commercial Street, London, 1906. Artist: Unknown.

Légende

Replacing an old gas main, Commercial Street, Stepney, London, 1906. Works during tramway electrification: replacing an old 48-inch gas main with a new one at the junction of Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Street. A hoist has been erected to lower the new pipe into the ground. A crowd has gathered to watch.

Date

1906

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B05_018

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,1Mo (1004,6Ko) / 28,2cm x 22,4cm / 3328 x 2640 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior road building buildings London England street tube pipe lane avenue excavation gas location century tubing digging outside winch roadworks excavations B&W MONOCHROME excavating hoist electrification Council black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century Tower Hamlets Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Commercial Street Greater London Council London County Council Stepney TGN photograph GLC Unknown LCC gas main gas supply