Large gantry, 35 feet high, erected on top of well 20 feet diameter. Well is loaded with 600 rails weighing about 150 tons. Mr Bell's 40 feet clay dredger is being worked in well, [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal]. Photographer: Unknown
Accident to well No 222, [Nadrai Aqueduct, Lower Ganges Canal]. A 16 feet sump had been dredged below curb of well and Gatmill's undercutter was being used. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Caption continues: 'The well suddenly dropped 13 feet. Water rushed out of mouth of well to half way up the gantry and burst through the temporary masonry built on top of the well. Just sufficient masonry was left to support the gantry. The four men who were on the well...