Arcturus (1870)

A whole plate negative. A distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo steamship Arcturus (1870) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her forward cargo boom is stowed vertically against the foremast. Tilbury ferry pontoon and railway station are in the background.

Object Details

ID: G2025
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Arcturus (1870)
Date made: 1870-1873
People: The Star Nav. Co, Liverpool.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection