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'Asteroid' [PRG 1373/82/6] • Photograph

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Summary

'Asteroid' at Semaphore Pier. [wooden single screw steamship. ON79339. 33gross, 22net tons. Built 1882. S. Jenkins. Birkenhead SA. 60.3 x 12.5 x 7.9. Two cylinder, direct acting, non condensing steam engine, 17hp by Plenty and Sons. Berks. UK. Owners: South Australian Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. Registered Port Adelaide. June 1882 Largs Bay and Semaphore Steam Launch and Boating Co. Ltd. June 1884 The Adelaide Steam Launch Co. Ltd. May 1889 The Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd. Dec. 1919 Elliott Bros, reg. Sydney. Dec. 1920 Ship Hull Cleaner and Painter Co. Register closed in 1928 with 'Hulked'. See 'Steam Tugs in SA' by Parsons.]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 11.2 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1900s

Collection

Part of A.D. Edwardes Collection

Subject

Asteroid (Ship)

Catalogue record

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General notes

From a volume titled 'Tugs and Harbour Craft'

This section comprises 'Tugs and Harbour Craft - South Australian'.

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.

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Date

02/10/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,008 x 3,698 pixels (18.5 MP)

Size

55.58 MB

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