Montreal Crater at Vimy Ridge

Name/Title

Montreal Crater at Vimy Ridge

Entry/Object ID

2016x.08.57

Description

An aerial view of a large crater created by the explosion of a very large underground mine (explosives charge) placed and detonated by the Army engineers. A small white panel near the centre of the photo indicates this is the Montreal Crater at Vimy Ridge.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Vimy, France

Continent

Europe

Made/Created

Date made

1917 - 1917

Notes

Date: 1917 - 1917 Material(s): Paper ; Ink

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph

Class

Communication Artifacts

Relationships

Related Events

Event

World War I, Battle of Vimy Ridge