A Commemorative Oak Silver Mounted Wheelbarrow and Shovel Presented to William Gladstone MP Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94
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The Silver by Walker and Hall Sheffield 1892
The Wheelbarrow. 47 inches long, 18 inches wide, 17 inches tall
The Shovel. 37 1/2 inches long.
the inscription on both the Wheelbarrow and Shovel reads
' Presented by the Chairman and Directors of the Manchester, Sheffield and Linconshire Ry. Co. The Right Hon W.E. Gladstone MP .On the occasion of his cutting the first sod of the Wirral Railway from Hawarden Bridge to Birkenhead 21st October 1892.'
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