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The 'Eastern Light' in an unidentified port [PRG 1373/8/20] • Photograph

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Summary

The wooden barque 'Eastern Light', 1218 tons, in an unidentified port [wooden ship 1245 tons (when sold foreign became a barque of 1218 tons) ON59226, 190.1 x 38.1 x 24.0. Built 1869 New Brunswick. Owners George T Soley of Liverpool. Registered St. John, New Brunswick. Later T Williams and Co. Registered Liverpool. c.1891 to Norwegian owners without change of name].

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.1 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1877

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Eastern Light (Ship)
Ships, Wooden

Catalogue record

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General notes

One of the ships owned by the Cambrian Fleet, 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

10/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,333 x 3,563 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

24.95 MB

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