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P.S. Shannon with upper deck passenger accommodation at Echuca [PRG 1258/1/3343] • Photograph

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Summary

Side view of 'P.S. Shannon' at river bank with dense timbered country, with a few passengers including two boys standing by the funnel.

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Physical description

Photoprint; 15 x 10 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1882

Collection

Part of Godson Collection

Subject

Shannon (Paddle steamer)
Paddle steamers -- Victoria
Paddle steamers -- Murray River (N.S.W. - S.A.)

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General notes

Photoprint is damaged with white fading and the woman and girls standing at the stern are not in focus.

Historical information

Ronald Parsons, 'Ships of the Inland Rivers', notes that the upper deck passenger accommodation was added in 1881.

Registered at Port Adelaide, 1877, official number 74788. Built at Goolwa, 1877. (Godson number 96A/13/6).

Digitisation information

Date

16/05/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,006 x 2,133 pixels (6.4 MP)

Size

6.42 MB

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