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| Picture No | 10221655 |
| Date | 1842 |
| Description | Catching a Whale off Deptford Pier, London, 1842 |
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15 foot, 2 ton, whale being caught at Deptford Pier, London, in 1842. This whale had been swimming down the River Thames when it was sighted by watermen on the pier. They then set after the whale in their rowing boat and harpooned it, before dragging it back to the pier.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 1842, page 388 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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