Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Ltd. photograph album relating to port panorama, company offices and steamers

Contents (plate number):
[New Zealand]
Littelton Harbour Oct.1877 [large panoramic photograph – linen backed and folded] - Negative number: B1978(B)(i)
Dunedin [large panoramic photograph – linen backed and folded] - Negative number: B1978(A)(i)
Dunedin [large panoramic photograph – linen backed and folded] - Negative number: B1978(A)(ii)
Port Chalmers [large panoramic photograph – linen backed and folded] - Negative number: B1978(B)(ii)

[Rangoon Offices – Irrawaddy Flotilla Company]
Rangoon Office Establishment [“(1877)” added in pencil – shows a group of 22 men some names in margin, sometimes cross written] - Negative number: B1978(M)
[No caption – Shows apparently “Belmont”, Manager’s House, Rangoon] - Negative number: B1978(C)
Rangoon Office Establishment [“(1877)” added in pencil – Very similar actually to No.5 but with fewer and different native people; most of the European figures wear here different hats and suits] - Negative number: B1978(D)
[No caption – Luxurious domestic interior, maybe “Belmont”] - Negative number: B1978(G)

[New Zealand – Nos. 9 and 10 look in fact like photographs of paintings or drawings; it is especially obvious with No.10]
Oamaru Harbour – When completed - Negative number: B1978(K)
Oamaru Harbour – When completed - Negative number: B1978(L)

[Irrawaddy Flotilla Company]

Worshop of I.F.Co.s Dockyard at Mandalay. 1887 [Shows the courtyard with a cart, workshop and large buildings in the background] - Negative number: B1979(A)
Superintendent’s House @ [sic] Mandalay Dockyard. 1887 [The picture actually shows two young children: a girl on a swing and a boy on the lawn, with the house in the background – A small text in pencil says: “Miss Paula Heslop on swing. William Heslop later Chief Engineer s/s Japan as a boy in foreground”] - Negative number: B1979(C)

Launch of Steamer “Pekin”. 1887. (I.F.Co.) [Shows the bow of “Pekin” (1887?) before launch with a crowd all around] - Negative number: B1979(B)
Kho Khim’s Daughter = who christened Steamer “Pekin” 1887 (I.F.Co.) [Shows the girl in traditional costume with family around her] - Negative number: B1978(X)

Steamer “Katha” 1887 [Stern wheel steamer “Katha” (1887)]
[Port just off stern view] - Negative number: B1978(Y)(i)
[Very close Starboard broadside view of the stern showing engine and wheel] - Negative number: B1978(Y)(ii)

[No caption – General view of workshops – Dalla Dockyard?] - Negative number: B1978(I)
[No caption – Interior of Rangoon Office?] - Negative number: B1979(J)
[Engraving from a magazine – A caption says: “Burmah: Launch of the “Dufferin” Flotilla Co. Steamship – Natives in the act of striking away the dog-shores (see page 7) – (From sketches by Captain Rimmer)”] - Negative number: B1978(J)
Mr. Swann’s “Turn out” [Shows a beautiful four wheeled cart with three men: a European man on the driving seat, a native holding the two horses, standing just before them, and another native at the rear] - Negative number: B1978(Q)
[No caption – Apparently “Belmont”, Manager’s House, Rangoon] - Negative number: B1978(E)
Feb, 18, 1882 – The Graphic – 173 [Three engravings with caption from a magazine: “A Three-Decked Steamer in the Harbour”, “Soolay Pagoda and Portico of Town Hall” and “Burmese Archway at Landing Place”] - Negative number: B1979(H)
[No caption – Shows Rangoon Office] - Negative number: B1979(K)

[Wreck of steamer “Rangoon” (1872)]
Wreck of Steamer “Rangoon” [Added in pencil: “Off Prome. 1872-73” – Shows a Starboard quarter view of paddle steamer “Rangoon” (1872) wrecked in 1873 off Prome Wreck] - Negative number: B1979(I)
Wreck of Steamer “Rangoon” [Taken from the other side of the river – Shows a much more distant (Port quarter) view of “Rangoon” than No.24 – In the foreground can be seen a cutter boat with four native people and an Englishman at the rudder – Native boats in the very foreground] - Negative number: B1979(F)
Wreck of Steamer “Rangoon” [“1872?” written in pencil – Shows a rather close Starboard bow view of “Rangoon”, taken from the middle of the river] - Negative number: B1979(G)

Steam Launch “Tasay Galay” [Port bow view of “Tasay Galay” or “Tay-Say-Galay” or “Taisaigalay” (1877) – The stern of a double decked twin screw steamer can be seen on the left – Merchant sails in the background] - Negative number: B1979(D)
Str “Pathein” [Port bow view of twin screw steamer “Pathein” (1875)] - Negative number: B1979(E)
Steamer “Patanaw” before she got new engines [Starboard broadside view of twin screw steamer “Patanaw” (1874)] - Negative number: B1978(O)
Hull of Steamer “Waikema” [Starboard bow view of twin screw steamer “Waikema” (1879) still under work on the slip] - Negative number: B1978(P)

[Rangoon cemetery]
Mr. A. Colquhoun’s tombstone – Rangoon [An engraved text on the stone says: “Erected by the Directors of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Ld, as a tribute of respect to the memory of Archibald Colquhoun, and in recognition of his valued services as Assistant Manager of the Company in Burmah – Born at Dumbarton, Scotland 20th May 1847 – Died at Rangoon 3rd October 1877”] - Negative number: B1978(H)
Cantonment Cemetery Rangoon [Shows a general view of the cemetery] - Negative number: B1978(N)

Str. Mindoon [added in pencil: “as fitted up for Lord Dufferin January 1886” – Port broadside view of Paddle steamer “Mindoon” (1885)] - Negative number: B1978(F)

Object Details

ID: ALB0295
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1870s-1880s
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 267 mm x 368 mm
Parts: Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Ltd. photograph album relating to port panorama, company offices and steamers
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