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Caernarvon & Llanberis Railway spade

Wooden handle with brass plaque (blank) halfway down and metal decoration at lower end, Sheffield plated spade head highly decorated with engraving of Caernarvon Castle and surrounds within circle which reads "Caernarvon and Llanberis Railway 1864".

Commemorative spade presented to the Hon. Emily Wynn on the Occasion of Cutting the First Sod of the Caernarvon & Llanberis Railway, September 13th 1864

Caernarvon & Llanberis Railway spade
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1993.33

Measurements

Length (mm): 695
Width (mm): 40
Height (mm): 30
Length (mm): 310
Width (mm): 290
Height (mm): 5
case (mm): 1075
case (mm): 363
case (mm): 85
Weight (kg): 6.8

Categories

Gwynedd (county name) 1860s

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