Chusan (1884)

A 12x10 negative. A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Chusan (1884) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and awnings over her bridge and after deckhouse. She is flying the blue peter from her foremast. The passenger/cargo ferry Cato (1849) is alongside forward. Tilbury railway station and the ferry pontoon are in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G1108
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Chusan (1884); Cato (1849)
Date made: March 1891
People: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection