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Railway Pier, Geelong, 'Giants Causeway' and 'City of Melbourne' [PRG 1373/34/24] • Photograph

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Summary

Railway pier in Geelong in 1865 with the ships 'Giants Causeway' and 'City of Melbourne'. [Giants Causeway - wooden 3 mast ship, 1231 tons. ON35563, 199.0 x 37.0 x 22.1. Built 1857 New Brunswick. Owners Potter and Co. Registered Glasgow]

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.8 cm x 7.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1865

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Giants Causeway (Ship)
City of Melbourne (Ship)
Shipping -- Victoria -- Geelong
Harbors -- Victoria -- Geelong
Railroads -- Victoria -- Geelong

Catalogue record

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General notes

From the volume titled 'Shipping Scenes, Victoria, Northern Territory, Queensland'.

This section comprises Shipping Scenes, Geelong, Victoria.

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

17/04/2019

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,892 x 3,652 pixels (17.9 MP)

Size

53.62 MB

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