The Gentle Art of Excavating - Clearing bottom of the Thames
An improved dragline clearing out the bottom of the upper reaches of the River Thames. A typically rickety and overly complicated piece of machinery by the gadget king, William Heath Robinson, designed to pull a converted pram over the river bed of the Thames to clear rubbish, and disturbing quite a few leisurely fishermen and bathers in the process
Picture No
12008091
Media ID
45725023
Size
4200px x 4227px
(4.3MB)
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





























