Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Ltd. photograph album relating to steamers, and company residences and offices.
Contents (plate number):
Flat No.73 (Cargo & Passenger Flat) [Port broadside view of Flat No.73 “Tagoon” (1886)] - Negative number: B2723(B)
Flat No.104 [Starboard broadside view of Flat No.104 “Noahthat” (1887), with launch “Romeo” (1870) port broadside alongside her – Merchant sails and town in the background] - Negative number: B2723(C)
[No caption – Starboard bow view of “Wren” (1907), a launch] - Negative number: B2723(L)
[No caption – Port broadside view of “Chin” (1908), a steam pilot launch – Cargo ships and town in the background] - Negative number: B2723(N)
“Falam” on slip at Dalla [handwritten caption on print – Shows starboard broadside view of “Falam” (1907), a stern wheel steamer still under work on the slipway – Stern wheel of another steamer visible on the right of the picture] - Negative number: B2723(S)
“Tiddim” [Handwritten caption on print – Port bow view of “Tiddim” (1907), a stern wheel steamer] - Negative number: B2723(T)
Mandalay Shore [Shows a distant view of the shore taken from the river – Several unidentified paddle steamer alongside] - Negative number: B2723(P)
Tug “Hlaing” built for Port Commissioners [Starboard bow view of “Hlaing” (1906)] - Negative number: B2723(M)
[No caption – Shows workshops with scrap-iron in the foreground] - Negative number: B2723(V)
I.F.Co Ld. House for clerks on Bhamo Foreshore Property [handwritten caption on print] - Negative number: B2723(U)
Rangoon Foundry [shows a general and rather distant view of the foundry taken from the river – A unidentified stern wheel steamer can be seen on the slipway with other steamers – Port broadside view of barge “C.B.103” alongside – Two other barges on the bank] - Negative number: B2723(M)
Lanmadaw Godowns [Distant view from the river – Many double decked vessels alongside – Bow of “Japan” (1904), a paddle steamer, visible – Port bow view of Flat No.103 “Mokmai” (1887)] - Negative number: B2727(L)
[No caption – “P. KLIER - Rangoon” on print – Shows a staff group in front of a building] - Negative number: B2727(J)
“Kandy” [Handwritten caption on print – Port broadside view of “Kandy” (1912), a paddle steamer used as a feeder vessel, painted in grey] - Negative number: B2727(K)
[No caption – Port broadside view of “Kentung” (1913), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel, painted in grey – Very similar to No.14] - Negative number: B2727(H)
“Talifoo” [Handwritten caption on print – Starboard broadside view of paddle steamer “Talifoo” (1914)] - Negative number: B2727(I)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906, Panorama No.1 Facing East [Shows trees emerging from water – Workshops in the background] - Negative number: B2727(F)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906 – Dockyard West From N.E. Corner [Shows flooded workshops – At the right of the picture a double decked steamer is coming from the background] - Negative number: B2727(G)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906, Panorama No.2 Facing East [Shows flooded workshops – Boiler and wheels of paddle steamer “Irrawaddy” (1873) visible in the background, apparently dismantled – Actually ceased as a paddle steamer in 1906] - Negative number: B2727(G)
Mandalay Agency House and Choung [View taken from other side of the river – A pirogue is passing by] - Negative number: B2727(E)
Mandalay Dockyard Saw Mill, From S.E. Corner Facing East - Negative number: B2727(B)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906, Facing West from S.E. Corner [Shows the bank of the river under water – Bow of stern wheel steamer “Amyen” (1888) visible at anchor on right hand side] - Negative number: B2727(C)
Agent’s House Prome [General view} - Negative number: B2727(X)
Yandoon Agency House [General view] - Negative number: B2726(R)
Bassein Coal Godowns [General view with staff] - Negative number: B2727(A)
Mandalay Agency Office [General view with staff] - Negative number: B2726(Y)
Steamer “Irrawaddy” [Starboard bow view of “Irrawaddy” (1873)] - Negative number: B2726(W)
Steamer “Katha” [Starboard bow view of stern wheel paddle steamer “Katha” (1904), still with three decks, carrying passengers and goods – Much wood visible around the boiler] - Negative number: B2726(V)
Steamer “Mogoung” as built 165 ft [Port broadside view of “Mogoung” (1887), a paddle steamer, actually lengthened in 1906] - Negative number: B2726(T)
Steamer “Kendat” [Port bow view of “Kendat” (1886), a stern wheel steamer, alongside the quay, crowded with passengers] - Negative number: B2726(U)
[No caption – Port broadside view of “Chin” (1908), a steam pilot launch] - Negative number: B2726(P)
[No caption – Apparently shows some workshop with scrap-iron in the foreground – Analogue to No.9] - Negative number: B2723(W)
“Pima” [Handwritten caption on print – Port broadside view of “Pima” (1914), a stern wheel steamer – View certainly taken in 1914 because “Pima” was sent to Mesopotamia that same year and never returned] - Negative number: B2723(R)
“Falam” [Handwritten caption on print – Starboard broadside view of “Falam” (1907), a stern wheel steamer] - Negative number: B2723(Q)
Henzada Agency House, East on Office Side - Negative number: B2726(Z)
Agent’s House Bhamo - Negative number: B2723(O)
Office Staff 1898 - Negative number: B2722(E)+(F)
Office Staff 1905 - Negative number: B2722(H)
Belmont [General view of the building] - Negative number: B2722(G)
Irrawaddy House, Chummery - Negative number: B2722(A)
Office Staff 1888 - Negative number: B2722(L)
Office Staff 1891 - Negative number: B2722(B)
Rangoon Office [External view] - Negative number: B2722(J)
Express Steamer “India” [Port broadside view of “India” (1903), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(I)
Express Steamer “Burma” [Port broadside view of “Burma” (1902), a paddle steamer] Negative number: B2722(K)
Cargo Steamer “Beeloo” at Pakoku [Port broadside view of “Beeloo” (1886), a paddle steamer – Stern hidden by the end of another vessel on the right – Natives bathing in the foreground, next to a rowing boat, run aground on the bank] - Negative number: B2722(D)
Steamer “Alguada” (Rangoon Henzada Service) [Starboard bow view of “Alguada” (1886), a twin screw steamer] - Negative number: B2722(U)
Steamer “Momein” (Mandalay Bhamo Service) [Starboard broadside view of “Momein” (1885), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(T)
Steamer “Ava” [Port broadside view of “Ava” (1903), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(Q)
Steamer “Pago” [Starboard broadside view of “Pago” (1887), a paddle steamer ] - Negative number: B2722(P)
Steamer “Pekin” [Starboard broadside view of “Pekin” (1886-87?), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(O)
Steamer “Naikban” (Rangoon Bassein Service) [Starboard bow view of “Naikban” (1888), a twin screw steamer] - Negative number: B2722(M)
Cargo Steamer “Dufferin” at Mandalay Landing Stage [Partial starboard bow view of “Dufferin” (1886), a paddle steamer half hidden by a smaller unidentified vessel moored alongside the bank and apparently used as a pier – A sign tells: “Mail Steamer Chaut” on her balustrade – Junk on the very foreground] - Negative number: B2722(N)
Cargo Steamer “Mindoon” [Starboard broadside view of “Mindoon” (1885), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(C)
Moulmein Dockyard [Just off stern view of a twin screw double decked steamer on a slipway] - Negative number: B2726(S)
Myingyan Agency House - Negative number: B6536/1
“Shan” on Side Slipway at Dalla [Port broadside view of “Shan” (1888), a paddle steamer on the slipway – Interesting view] - Negative number: B2722(Z)
Ghaut, Thayemyo Bank (with Steamer Thambydine[sic]) [Shows a large view of the bank with many natives, local houses and boats – Port just off stern view of paddle steamer “Thambyadine” (1879)] - Negative number: B2723(I)
Steamer “Thambyadine” [Starboard bow view of paddle steamer “Thambyadine” (1879)] - Negative number: B2722(R)
Steamer “Okpho” [Starboard bow view of paddle steamer “Okpho” (1879)] - Negative number: B2722(S)
Steamer “Palow” [Starboard just off bow view of paddle steamer “Palow” (1879) – Stern of a unnamed flat visible on left hand side and unnamed stern wheel steamer half visible behind “Palow”] - Negative number: B2722(X)
Steamer “Tokio” (Katha Bhamo Ferry Service) [Port broadside view of paddle steamer “Tokio” (1901), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel] - Negative number: B2722(Y)
Sternwheel steamer “Khabyoo” [added in pencil: “as Rock Puncher” – Starboard broadside view of “Khabyoo” (1882) converted into a rock puncher] - Negative number: B2723(K)
Paddy Boat Tug “Hlawca” [sic] - [Starboard broadside view of “Hlawga” (1903)] - Negative number: B2723(G
Steamer “Cambay” (Katha Bhamo Ferry Service) [ Port broadside view of “Cambay” (1886), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel – Pagoda in the close background] - Negative number: B2722(V)
Steamer “Pouktan” – Katha Bhamo Ferry Steamer [Starboard bow view of “Pouktan” (1886), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel] - Negative number: B2722(W)
Flat 81 alonside S.S. “Manwyne” at China St. [Added in pencil on the print: “River Scene. Rangoon 541. P.KLIER-Rangoon” – Shows indeed a living river scene with many people and local boats in the foreground and steamers everywhere in the background – Just off stern view of Flat No.81 “Kachen” (1889) and partly paddle steamer “Manwyne (1888)] - Negative number: B2723(F)
Oil Towing Steamer “Prome” [Starboard broadside view of paddle steamer “Prome” (1904)] - Negative number: B2723(A)
Steamer “Rescue” [Starboard broadside view of “Rescue” (1887), a dredger, rock puncher and salvage paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2723(D)
Steamer “Virago”. (Pilot Launch) [Port broadside view of “Virago” (1887), a steam pilot launch – Merchant sails visible in background] - Negative number: B2723(E)
Creeksteamer “Naukmyi” [Starboard broadside view of “Naukmyi” (1902), a double decked twin screw steamer] - Negative number: B2723(H)
Oil Towing Steamer “Shan” on side slip at Dalla [Direct at bow view of paddle steamer “Shan” (1888)] - Negative number: B2723(J)
Flat No.73 (Cargo & Passenger Flat) [Port broadside view of Flat No.73 “Tagoon” (1886)] - Negative number: B2723(B)
Flat No.104 [Starboard broadside view of Flat No.104 “Noahthat” (1887), with launch “Romeo” (1870) port broadside alongside her – Merchant sails and town in the background] - Negative number: B2723(C)
[No caption – Starboard bow view of “Wren” (1907), a launch] - Negative number: B2723(L)
[No caption – Port broadside view of “Chin” (1908), a steam pilot launch – Cargo ships and town in the background] - Negative number: B2723(N)
“Falam” on slip at Dalla [handwritten caption on print – Shows starboard broadside view of “Falam” (1907), a stern wheel steamer still under work on the slipway – Stern wheel of another steamer visible on the right of the picture] - Negative number: B2723(S)
“Tiddim” [Handwritten caption on print – Port bow view of “Tiddim” (1907), a stern wheel steamer] - Negative number: B2723(T)
Mandalay Shore [Shows a distant view of the shore taken from the river – Several unidentified paddle steamer alongside] - Negative number: B2723(P)
Tug “Hlaing” built for Port Commissioners [Starboard bow view of “Hlaing” (1906)] - Negative number: B2723(M)
[No caption – Shows workshops with scrap-iron in the foreground] - Negative number: B2723(V)
I.F.Co Ld. House for clerks on Bhamo Foreshore Property [handwritten caption on print] - Negative number: B2723(U)
Rangoon Foundry [shows a general and rather distant view of the foundry taken from the river – A unidentified stern wheel steamer can be seen on the slipway with other steamers – Port broadside view of barge “C.B.103” alongside – Two other barges on the bank] - Negative number: B2723(M)
Lanmadaw Godowns [Distant view from the river – Many double decked vessels alongside – Bow of “Japan” (1904), a paddle steamer, visible – Port bow view of Flat No.103 “Mokmai” (1887)] - Negative number: B2727(L)
[No caption – “P. KLIER - Rangoon” on print – Shows a staff group in front of a building] - Negative number: B2727(J)
“Kandy” [Handwritten caption on print – Port broadside view of “Kandy” (1912), a paddle steamer used as a feeder vessel, painted in grey] - Negative number: B2727(K)
[No caption – Port broadside view of “Kentung” (1913), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel, painted in grey – Very similar to No.14] - Negative number: B2727(H)
“Talifoo” [Handwritten caption on print – Starboard broadside view of paddle steamer “Talifoo” (1914)] - Negative number: B2727(I)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906, Panorama No.1 Facing East [Shows trees emerging from water – Workshops in the background] - Negative number: B2727(F)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906 – Dockyard West From N.E. Corner [Shows flooded workshops – At the right of the picture a double decked steamer is coming from the background] - Negative number: B2727(G)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906, Panorama No.2 Facing East [Shows flooded workshops – Boiler and wheels of paddle steamer “Irrawaddy” (1873) visible in the background, apparently dismantled – Actually ceased as a paddle steamer in 1906] - Negative number: B2727(G)
Mandalay Agency House and Choung [View taken from other side of the river – A pirogue is passing by] - Negative number: B2727(E)
Mandalay Dockyard Saw Mill, From S.E. Corner Facing East - Negative number: B2727(B)
Mandalay Dockyard under flood 1906, Facing West from S.E. Corner [Shows the bank of the river under water – Bow of stern wheel steamer “Amyen” (1888) visible at anchor on right hand side] - Negative number: B2727(C)
Agent’s House Prome [General view} - Negative number: B2727(X)
Yandoon Agency House [General view] - Negative number: B2726(R)
Bassein Coal Godowns [General view with staff] - Negative number: B2727(A)
Mandalay Agency Office [General view with staff] - Negative number: B2726(Y)
Steamer “Irrawaddy” [Starboard bow view of “Irrawaddy” (1873)] - Negative number: B2726(W)
Steamer “Katha” [Starboard bow view of stern wheel paddle steamer “Katha” (1904), still with three decks, carrying passengers and goods – Much wood visible around the boiler] - Negative number: B2726(V)
Steamer “Mogoung” as built 165 ft [Port broadside view of “Mogoung” (1887), a paddle steamer, actually lengthened in 1906] - Negative number: B2726(T)
Steamer “Kendat” [Port bow view of “Kendat” (1886), a stern wheel steamer, alongside the quay, crowded with passengers] - Negative number: B2726(U)
[No caption – Port broadside view of “Chin” (1908), a steam pilot launch] - Negative number: B2726(P)
[No caption – Apparently shows some workshop with scrap-iron in the foreground – Analogue to No.9] - Negative number: B2723(W)
“Pima” [Handwritten caption on print – Port broadside view of “Pima” (1914), a stern wheel steamer – View certainly taken in 1914 because “Pima” was sent to Mesopotamia that same year and never returned] - Negative number: B2723(R)
“Falam” [Handwritten caption on print – Starboard broadside view of “Falam” (1907), a stern wheel steamer] - Negative number: B2723(Q)
Henzada Agency House, East on Office Side - Negative number: B2726(Z)
Agent’s House Bhamo - Negative number: B2723(O)
Office Staff 1898 - Negative number: B2722(E)+(F)
Office Staff 1905 - Negative number: B2722(H)
Belmont [General view of the building] - Negative number: B2722(G)
Irrawaddy House, Chummery - Negative number: B2722(A)
Office Staff 1888 - Negative number: B2722(L)
Office Staff 1891 - Negative number: B2722(B)
Rangoon Office [External view] - Negative number: B2722(J)
Express Steamer “India” [Port broadside view of “India” (1903), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(I)
Express Steamer “Burma” [Port broadside view of “Burma” (1902), a paddle steamer] Negative number: B2722(K)
Cargo Steamer “Beeloo” at Pakoku [Port broadside view of “Beeloo” (1886), a paddle steamer – Stern hidden by the end of another vessel on the right – Natives bathing in the foreground, next to a rowing boat, run aground on the bank] - Negative number: B2722(D)
Steamer “Alguada” (Rangoon Henzada Service) [Starboard bow view of “Alguada” (1886), a twin screw steamer] - Negative number: B2722(U)
Steamer “Momein” (Mandalay Bhamo Service) [Starboard broadside view of “Momein” (1885), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(T)
Steamer “Ava” [Port broadside view of “Ava” (1903), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(Q)
Steamer “Pago” [Starboard broadside view of “Pago” (1887), a paddle steamer ] - Negative number: B2722(P)
Steamer “Pekin” [Starboard broadside view of “Pekin” (1886-87?), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(O)
Steamer “Naikban” (Rangoon Bassein Service) [Starboard bow view of “Naikban” (1888), a twin screw steamer] - Negative number: B2722(M)
Cargo Steamer “Dufferin” at Mandalay Landing Stage [Partial starboard bow view of “Dufferin” (1886), a paddle steamer half hidden by a smaller unidentified vessel moored alongside the bank and apparently used as a pier – A sign tells: “Mail Steamer Chaut” on her balustrade – Junk on the very foreground] - Negative number: B2722(N)
Cargo Steamer “Mindoon” [Starboard broadside view of “Mindoon” (1885), a paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2722(C)
Moulmein Dockyard [Just off stern view of a twin screw double decked steamer on a slipway] - Negative number: B2726(S)
Myingyan Agency House - Negative number: B6536/1
“Shan” on Side Slipway at Dalla [Port broadside view of “Shan” (1888), a paddle steamer on the slipway – Interesting view] - Negative number: B2722(Z)
Ghaut, Thayemyo Bank (with Steamer Thambydine[sic]) [Shows a large view of the bank with many natives, local houses and boats – Port just off stern view of paddle steamer “Thambyadine” (1879)] - Negative number: B2723(I)
Steamer “Thambyadine” [Starboard bow view of paddle steamer “Thambyadine” (1879)] - Negative number: B2722(R)
Steamer “Okpho” [Starboard bow view of paddle steamer “Okpho” (1879)] - Negative number: B2722(S)
Steamer “Palow” [Starboard just off bow view of paddle steamer “Palow” (1879) – Stern of a unnamed flat visible on left hand side and unnamed stern wheel steamer half visible behind “Palow”] - Negative number: B2722(X)
Steamer “Tokio” (Katha Bhamo Ferry Service) [Port broadside view of paddle steamer “Tokio” (1901), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel] - Negative number: B2722(Y)
Sternwheel steamer “Khabyoo” [added in pencil: “as Rock Puncher” – Starboard broadside view of “Khabyoo” (1882) converted into a rock puncher] - Negative number: B2723(K)
Paddy Boat Tug “Hlawca” [sic] - [Starboard broadside view of “Hlawga” (1903)] - Negative number: B2723(G
Steamer “Cambay” (Katha Bhamo Ferry Service) [ Port broadside view of “Cambay” (1886), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel – Pagoda in the close background] - Negative number: B2722(V)
Steamer “Pouktan” – Katha Bhamo Ferry Steamer [Starboard bow view of “Pouktan” (1886), a paddle steamer used as feeder vessel] - Negative number: B2722(W)
Flat 81 alonside S.S. “Manwyne” at China St. [Added in pencil on the print: “River Scene. Rangoon 541. P.KLIER-Rangoon” – Shows indeed a living river scene with many people and local boats in the foreground and steamers everywhere in the background – Just off stern view of Flat No.81 “Kachen” (1889) and partly paddle steamer “Manwyne (1888)] - Negative number: B2723(F)
Oil Towing Steamer “Prome” [Starboard broadside view of paddle steamer “Prome” (1904)] - Negative number: B2723(A)
Steamer “Rescue” [Starboard broadside view of “Rescue” (1887), a dredger, rock puncher and salvage paddle steamer] - Negative number: B2723(D)
Steamer “Virago”. (Pilot Launch) [Port broadside view of “Virago” (1887), a steam pilot launch – Merchant sails visible in background] - Negative number: B2723(E)
Creeksteamer “Naukmyi” [Starboard broadside view of “Naukmyi” (1902), a double decked twin screw steamer] - Negative number: B2723(H)
Oil Towing Steamer “Shan” on side slip at Dalla [Direct at bow view of paddle steamer “Shan” (1888)] - Negative number: B2723(J)
Object Details
ID: | ALB0297 |
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Type: | Photograph album |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | Circa 1880-circa 1914; circa 1914 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 293 mm x 470 mm |