Spade
Category
Metalwork
Date
1887
Materials
Metal and wood
Measurements
1070 mm (H); 170 mm (W); 40 mm (D)
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297757
Summary
A spade used by Lord Egerton to cut the first sod of the Manchester Ship Canal on 11 November 1887.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)