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An image showing 'River Thames at Gravesend during prolonged frost in February 1895. Taken at low tide from Royal Terrace Pier showing foreshore near Town Pier covered in ice. The photographer is looking upriver towards Northfleet Hope. The collier Eastwood (1870), seen from just ahead of her starboard beam, is at moorings in Gravesend Reach and the tug Challenge (1884) is anchored just offshore to the left of centre. The Tilbury Hotel is in the right background. F.C. Gould & Son'
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Ice in the River Thames off Gravesend, 1895

The River Thames at Gravesend during the prolonged frost in February 1895. A photograph taken at low tide from the Royal Terrace Pier showing the foreshore near the Town Pier covered in ice. The photographer is looking upriver towards Northfleet Hope. The collier Eastwood (1870), seen from just ahead of her starboard beam, is at moorings in Gravesend Reach and the tug Challenge (1884) is anchored just offshore to the left of centre. The Tilbury Hotel is in the right background.
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Object Details

ID: G116
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Places: River Thames
Vessels: Eastwood (1870); Challenge (1884)
Date made: 15 February 1895
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
Measurements: Overall: 254 mm x 305 mm