Picture No | 10104987 |
Date | 15 July 1865 |
Description | GT EASTERN WEIGHS ANCHOR |
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The 'Great Eastern' weighs anchor off Maplin Sands, at the Nore in the Thames Eastuary : a boy plays the fiddle while crew work the capstan to raise the anchor.
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Source | Robert Dudley in Russell, 'The Atlantic Telegraph' (title page) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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