Blackwoods Screw Dock and the Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados

The Careenage at Bridgetown, Barbados. The photographer is looking north from the south side of Blackwoods Screw Dock showing the port bow of a schooner high and dry in the dock while undergoing hull maintenance. Two 2 masted schooners are alongside The Wharf Road wharves on the north side of the Careenage and the Custom House is on the left. Rowing boats with the owner's name on the transom are in midstream.

Object Details

ID: P90652
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1929-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 167 mm