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(106) X.33034 - Burning out a frozen water main
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (106) X.33034 - Burning out a frozen water main |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549406 |
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| Description | Thawing a water pipe, Western Front, during World War I. In this wintry photograph, three soldiers are trying to thaw a mains water pipe in a town or large village. One man is holding the tap head, which they seem to have removed, another has a hammer. The top of the pipe is being heated by burning rags on a pole propped against it. A second similar arrangement can be seen in the background. This photograph was probably taken in or after the winter of 1916 as one of the men is wearing a sleeveless leather jerkin of the sort which were first issued in 1916. A cavalryman walking towards them with a water-can seems to be wearing a wide-brimmed hat and may be from the American or Anzac troops. [Original reads: 'Burning out a frozen water main.'] |
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| Description | Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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