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Southgate Street and the Old Bridge, Bath during the floods 1882

Southgate Street and the Old Bridge, Bath during the floods 1882

Image Reference: 53965
Image Date: 1882
Measurements: 10.6 x 15.8 cm
Medium: photo
Collection: Private
Library Reference: Private Album 2
Credit: Paul De'Ath
Library: Private Collection

Description: This magnificent photograph shows a group of brave men who have climbed on top of the wood that has been swept downstream (possibly from Holme's timber merchants in Image Ref. 53962) and is blocking the narrow arches of the bridge. In the far distance, a group of people looking down Southgate Street at the edge of the floodwater, which appears to have reached Lower Borough Walls.
Photographed on 25th October 1882.

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