The former British Power Boat Co Ltd boatyard at Hythe, Hampshire
The former boatyard of the British Power Boat Co. Ltd. The company was formed 30 September 1927 to use R Kemp's Hythe Boatyard which Hubert-Scott Paine had purchased in the same year. The British Power Boat Company became a limited liability company in June 1938 and was liquidated in 1947. In 1989 this site was occupied by Dreamland Electric Blanket Company. The photographer is looking at part of the face of a brick building fitted with casement windows. A fire exit door is on the left, a sliding door is on the right and in the centre is a door marked 'Ladies'. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
ID: | N61824 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Studio, National Maritime Museum Photographic |
Date made: | 6 April 1989 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 75 mm x 62 mm |