Liverpool and Birkenhead Ferry-steamer Cheshire
Liverpool and Birkenhead Ferry-Steamer, Cheshire, 31st October 1863. This paddle-steamer ferry was built for the Woodside Ferry Commissioners to a design that allowed up to 2000 passengers per journey. Unusually, the Cheshire was launched with her boilers already fired up and set off on a trial-trip down the Mersey straight away
Picture No
10216289
Media ID
46010449
Size
6042px x 2929px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News, 31 October 1863, page 441
Date
1863
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