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The 'Kings County' docked in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/20/12] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque 'Kings County', 2240 tons, docked in an unidentified port [wooden 4 mast barque, 2240 tons, ON94740. 255.0 x 45.5 x 25.7. Built 1890 E Cox Kingsport Nova Scotia. Owners: CR Burgess, registered Windsor Nova Scotia]. A researcher provided the following information: 'This is not Kings County of 1890, which is a 4 mast barque, whereas the photo is of a barque with 3 masts. It could be 1871 Kings County built by J. E. Steele in Nova Scotia 858GT?'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.1 cm x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1892

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Kings County (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'British Owned Wooden Barques'.

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

16/08/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,165 x 2,331 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.16 MB

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