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The 'City of Madrid' in wet dock Port Adelaide [PRG 1373/14/15] • Photograph

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Summary

The iron barque 'City of Madrid' in wet dock Port Adelaide, 1191 tons, at Port Adelaide. [iron ship, 1244 tons, later 1225 tons. ON60448. 231.6 x 35.3 x 22.2. Built 1869 (9) C. Connell and Co. Glasgow. George Smith and Sons, registered Glasgow. c.1895 sold and renamed Ages Lilian, owner S. Golberg and Sons, Swansea. c.1897 sold Norway and renamed Lofthus.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.2 cm x 23 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

City of Madrid (Ship)
Agnes Lilian (Ship)
Lofthus (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The City Line / John Smith and Son, Glasgow.

This image is from the A.D. Edwardes Collection of about 8,000 photographs, mostly of sailing ships from around the world, taken between about 1865 and 1920. Mounted in 91 albums, the photographs are arranged by country of ownership, with some special volumes such as 'Shipping at Port Adelaide' and 'South Australian outports'. Additional information, giving the history of the ships where known, has been provided by maritime historian, Ron Parsons.

Digitisation information

Date

30/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,780 x 2,548 pixels (9.6 MP)

Size

28.91 MB

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