Museum in Docklands — 1940
Column
This molten column was found among the debris of London Dock during demolition of the dock buildings in 1980. The iron column was melted by the intense heat of a fire caused by an incendiary bomb that fell on the Dock during the Blitz in 1940.
- Category:
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- Object ID:
- DK2002.4/2a
- Object name:
- column
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
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- Production date:
- 1940
- Material:
iron
- Measurements/duration:
- H 1200 mm (estimate), L 500 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- London Museum Docklands: Docklands at War Gallery
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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