General views of Elswick and Walker Shipyards, Newcastle on Tyne

Blue cloth-covered ring binder measuring 12 ¼ x 9 ½ , containing 22 leaves, one print to each leaf mounted with corner slots, with a contents list. Generally in good condition. Spine marked ‘Album No.10’. Some of these prints are from Vickers Armstrong copy 35mm negatives in the series PM2173 to PM2220 inclusive. The frame numbers correspond.

Contents Neg. No.

1. Newcastle Photo of a drawing
2. Water wheel at Elswick Photo of a drawing
3. Bird’s eye view of Elswick Photo of a drawing
4. Elswick Works – general view Photo of a drawing
5. Elswick 1885 – from across the river Photo
6. Same original as 5.
7. Elswick 1887 – berth (slipway) Photo
8. Elswick (west end) 1893 Photo of a drawing
9. Elswick 1895 – from the river Photo
10. Elswick Works 1896 Photo of oil painting by Neils M Lund, with overlay identifying ‘Esmeralda’, ‘Yashima’, ‘Ministro Zentino’, ‘Tatsuta’, Buenos Aires’ and the tug ‘Elswick’.
11. Elswick 1904 – from the river Photo with overlay identifying HMS ‘Swiftsure’, HMS ‘Amethyst’, HMS ‘Hampshire’, ‘Abdul Hamid’ and ‘Erthogrul’. Norwegian vessel in foreground.
12. Elswick from the air. Photo
13. Walker Iron works Photo of a lithograph by (?) John Bell
14. Walker Shipyard, 1868 Photo
15. Walker Shipyard, 1888 Photo 20/3
16. Armstrong & Walker Shipyards, from the air. Two copies of the same photo
17. Armstrong & Walker Shipyards, from the air, later than 16. Photo
18. Armstrong & Walker Shipyards, from the air, same date as 17. Photo
19. King George V & Queen Mary, visit to Walker Shipyard Photo 8/6
20. Planting commemorative tree – Mitchell’s office Photo 22/24A
21. Riverside view Photo of a painting 7/5
22. Carville Shore, rural scene with people in foreground. Photo (?) of an engraving of a drawing by J. W. Carmichael.

Object Details

ID: ALB0664
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 2401 mm x 310 mm
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