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The 'Bidston Hill' reduced to a barque rig [PRG 1373/6/89] • Photograph

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Summary

The four masted iron ship 'Bidston Hill', 2519 tons, after being reduced to a barque rig. [iron 4 masted ship, 2519 tons. ON93710, 301.6 x 42.1 x 24.7. Built 1886 (11) T. Royden and Sons. Liverpool. Owners Sailing Ship Bidston Hill Co. Ltd. (W. Price and Co) reg. Liverpool. Wrecked at Cape Horn Staten Island 1905.]

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.3 cm x 16 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Bidston Hill (Ship)
Ships, Iron and steel

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by The Hill Line / W. Price and Co., Liverpool.

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

04/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,384 x 2,441 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

24.80 MB

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