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An Early Car Passes Under the Kirkfield Lift Lock

Black-and-white image of vintage car passing through tunnel beneath lift lock with buildings and people in foreground

Paul Zaborowski Collection
Date: ca. 1910s

A group of men look on admiringly as a car passes beneath the Kirkfield Lift Lock. Initially bought by the very wealthy, the private automobile had by the 1910s and 1920s become affordable enough for anyone to own.