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Daily Herald Photograph: Steeplejack repairing the Albert Memorial

National Science and Media Museum

National Science and Media Museum
Bradford, United Kingdom

One photograph of steeplejacks working on the lightening conductor of the Albert Memorial. Caption on back reads: 'Working on a lofty perch. With the Royal Albert Hall providing a background, Mr A. Barrett, the clerk of works, examines a lightning conductor on the top of one of the columns of the Albert Memorial which is now encased in scaffolding while the work of repair and restoration goes on'.

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  • Title: Daily Herald Photograph: Steeplejack repairing the Albert Memorial
  • Date Created: 1954-10-18
  • Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  • Rights: © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
  • Maker: Central Press Photos Ltd
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