Coal from the Thames Tunnel
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Object number2014.03211.01
TitleCoal from the Thames Tunnel
DescriptionSmall amount of coal from package made up of a piece of paper labelled 'Coal from Tunnel brought in diving bell, St. Mark's Day, 1827'. Also small piece of cotton wool. Paper on display in museum.
The coal is of a type of anthracite coal which is not found naturally in the geology of London. It is very likely to have come from a ship or as another form of waste.
Object namecoal
Object categorymaterials and products
Materialcoal
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”