Image ID: 07410

Manhole inspection at Birchall Street

Taken by Library of Birmingham

Birchall Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
England

Photographed in February 1947. Manholes being examined in Birmingham hall Street off Bradford Street after the gas escape. The photograph bears the labels 'Gas Dept' and 'Hale 28 Feb 1947' but it is unclear who the photographer was.

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