Men ploughing the shingle beach at Walmer, Kent.

Men ploughing the shingle beach at Walmer, Kent. Seven men are hauling the wooden plough up the beach to level out the shingle while one man is guiding the plough. A two masted topsail schooner is at anchor well offshore and a paddle steamer, either the Edward William (1891) or the Myleta (1891), is under way on the daily round trip excursion between Ramsgate and Folkestone, calling at Dover and Deal.

Object Details

ID: N19139
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Edward William (1891); Myleta (1891)
Date made: 9 July 1906
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm