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The world’s only known complete ball and chain, dating back to the 17th or 18th century and believed to have once been attached to a convict who drowned trying to escape, found in the Thames River. The cast iron device suffered only a tiny amount of rust because it was encased in thick black mud on the river foreshore which shielded the metal from oxygen. Alluka Zoldyck, Ball And Chain, History Nerd, Cabinet Of Curiosities, Interesting History, British History, Ancient Artifacts, Historical Artifacts, Ancient History

The world’s only known complete ball and chain, dating back to the 17th or 18th century and believed to have once been attached to a convict who drowned trying to escape, found in the Thames River. The cast iron device suffered only a tiny amount of rust because it was encased in thick black mud on the river foreshore which shielded the metal from oxygen.

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