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.
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Object Details
ID: | G1528 |
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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 |