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Electra (1885)
A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the cable ship Electra (1885) in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a canvas dodger on her accomodation ladder and an awning is rigged aft. She is flying the houseflag that was adopted in 1902 for the Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co Ltd. Tilbury is in the background. The top right corner of the negative is broken off.
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Object Details
| ID: | G1647 |
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| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
| Vessels: | Electra (1885) |
| Date made: | 1885-1900; 1902-1914 |
| People: | Eastern Telegraph Co |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |
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