B/W print; workmen at British Museum Underground station, improving the accommodation for shelterers, by Topical Press, 1941

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Reference number	1999/10291
Description	The disused British Museum Underground station, Central line. Interior view of workmen building a wall of breeze blocks along the edge of the platform at during the Second World War, to increase accommodation for air raid shelterers. A Liverpool Street-bound train passes the old platform.
Photographer	Topical Press
Dates	19 Jun 1941
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	U33201
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Wartime
Completeness	71% 71% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Descriptive size	8x6ins

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Text	Train: A 30 Liverpool St

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	medium interior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Topical Press, 19 Jun 1941

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	High Holborn, WC1