Tilbury Fort Watergate, Essex

A 12x10 negative. A posed group of 27 men of the Royal Garrison Artillery gathered around a 3 barrelled rifle calibre Nordenfelt gun on a two wheeled carriage outside the Watergate of Tilbury Fort. A civilian is standing at the back on the left. The stonework has been refurbished and the ornate upper part of the Watergate is not in the picture.

Object Details

ID: G881
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Places: Tilbury
Date made: 27 May 1897
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection