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Shipping, Geelong, 'Lightning' and 'Lanarkshire' [PRG 1373/34/25] • Photograph

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Summary

Shipping in Geelong in 1868 with the ships 'Lightning' and 'Lanarkshire'. [Lanarkshire = wooden 3 mast ship, 1473 gross, 1422 net tons. ON48190, 211.0 x 39.0 x 23.7. Built 1864 (5) Gingras, Quebec. Owners: Lewis Potter, registered Glasgow, later Edmiston and Mitchell]

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.5 cm x 7.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1868

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Lightning (Ship)
Lanarkshire (Ship)
Shipping -- Victoria -- Geelong
Harbors -- 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

5,217 x 3,700 pixels (19.3 MP)

Size

57.93 MB

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