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| Picture No | 10216659 |
| Date | 1861 |
| Description | Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance Tube, Battersea 1861 |
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Despatch-tube of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London. This was an experimental setup to test the design of the tube and related engines over a quarter of a mile of irregular ground. The company's intention was to link London's Post offices and railway stations with a network of underground pneumatic tubes.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 24 August 1861, page 178 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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