B/W print; air raid damage at Sloane Square Underground station, by Topical Press, 1940

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Reference number	1998/89377
Description	Air raid damage at Sloane Square Underground station. Whilst rescue workers inspect the damage, other workman load rubble into wagons, seen in the foreground. 79 people were killed when a bomb hit the station whilst a crowded train was departing
Photographer	Topical Press
Dates	13 Nov 1940
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	U32245
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Wartime
Completeness	70% 70% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	mm
  Width	mm
  Descriptive size	8x6ins

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	High interior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Topical Press, 13 Nov 1940
  Copied by	Colin Tait, 1983

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Sloane Square Underground station, Westminster SW1