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| Picture No | 10513149 |
| Date | 1888 |
| Description | The Great Eastern scrapped: the auction, 1888 |
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The Great Eastern under the hammer. After a thirty year career, the great steamship was scrapped, with her hull and fittings being sold at auction at New Ferry, Liverpool. 1. The smith's shop on board the ship, a relic of her the Atlantic Cable laying days in 1866. 2. Auctioneering under difficulties: the auctioneer at sea during a storm. 3. Cigars distributed at the end of the day's sale. 4. Bidders going on board during a gale.
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| Source | Unattributed engraving in The Graphic, 1st December 1888, page 561(cover) |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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