Wooden water mains discovered during building excavations at Broad Oak Printworks, Accrington

Wooden water mains discovered during building excavations at Broad Oak Printworks, Accrington
Wooden water mains discovered during building excavations at Broad Oak Printworks, Accrington
Wooden water mains discovered during building excavations at Broad Oak Printworks, Accrington
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290192
Reference identifier
HAC-H01-Q31-1607-1
Title
Wooden water mains discovered during building excavations at Broad Oak Printworks, Accrington
Place
Accrington
General notes
Wood water mains discovered at Broad Oak Printworks in March 1928, during excavations for extensions. The bore was about four and a half inches and at the end of the shorter piece is an iron hoop used to bind the pipe to the next section. These pieces were kept at the museum in Oak Hill Park

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1928
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