The C2C light railway track after being destroyed by shell fire. In the centre is the wreckage ...

Accession Number C01352
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Unknown
Date made October 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The C2C light railway track after being destroyed by shell fire. In the centre is the wreckage of a Simplex 40 horsepower petrol powered open tractor, type 0-4-0, with loaded open wagons attached; in front of it projects a broken segment of the track. In the foreground several ammunition boxes are scattered, with a pile of shell cases on the right.

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