Oroya (1886)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Oroya (1886) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels and no yards on her foremast. The passenger ferry, tug and tender Cato (1849), seen from only just ahead of her starboard beam, is alongside the liner. Tilbury is in the background. The negative is cracked in one corner.

Object Details

ID: G2192
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Oroya (1886); Cato (1849)
Date made: 24 April 1891
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection