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A view inside the Wellington cavern, which was built by New Zealand tunnellers beneath the town of Arras, France, during the First World War, and is now the site of an undergound museum, Carrière Wellington.
Image taken at the opening of the Carrière Wellington museum on 15 February 2008.
Image copyright Bronwyn Evans-Kent
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