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Picture No 10216240
Date 1857
Description The 'Great Eastern' steam ship under construction 1857
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The 'Great Eastern' steam-ship on the stocks at Millwall shipyard. Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, at the time of her launch in 1858, she was the largest steam ship in the world. Considered a commercial failure as a passenger ship, she was involved in the laying of the Transatlantic cable in 1865 and 1866 and eventually scrapped in 1888.
Source Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 30 May 1857. P.518-519
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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