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Picture No 10215348
Date 1878
Description Transporting Cleopatra's Needle 1878
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Transportation of the obelisk down the Thames, at Westminster Bridge. The cylinder ship had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay due to the stormy conditions of the initial leg of the journey. It was rescued the following year and completed its trip in 1
Source Engraving in The Illustrated London News. 16 February 1878, page 149
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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