Toowoomba (1859)

A whole plate negative. A distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the three masted barque rigged vessel Toowoomba (1859) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, single topgallants and single royals and her name is painted in large letters on her bow. She is in service as a cable carrier. Tilbury Fort is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1528
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Jane Henderson (1859)
Date made: 1879-1882
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection