The Gentle Art of Excavating - Latest Type of Grab Crane
The latest type of grab crane clearing out a small pond on Hampstead Heath. A typically rickety and convoluted crane goes through the ridiculous process of clearing out a tiny pond on Hampstead Heath, which, despite its unique proportions, seems to have retained quite a lot of rubbish. A man and a small boy continue fishing, and another boy launches his toy boat, apparently unperturbed by the mechanical intrusion
Picture No
13989402
Media ID
45686500
Size
4200px x 4216px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by William Heath Robinson in a booklet, The Gentle Art of Excavating, for Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd, Excavator Spe
Date
c.1938
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