Marine commerce thrived by then, but lost ships and passengers were not uncommon.
USS BB-38 "Pennsylvania".
SS Great Eastern in New York Harbor, 1860 - probably at a pier on the Hudson River between West 11th and 12th Streets, her usual New York berth 1860. Her first voyage to North America began on 17 June 1860, with 35 paying passengers, eight company "dead heads" (non-paying passengers), and 418 crew. Among the passengers were two journalists, Zerah Colburn and Alexander Lyman Holley, and three directors of the Great Ship Company. Preparations were initially made for the ship to sail on 16 June 1860 and the passengers boarded her on the 14th. After visitors had been sent ashore the Captain announced that he would not be sailing until the 17th, as the crew were drunk. Director Daniel Gooch, who was travelling aboard her, was not pleased. He was further displeased by the route taken by the ship which was the more southerly of the regular steamer routes as he had wanted the ship to complete the journey in nine days. In the event, the voyage took 10 days 19 hours.
Resplendent carvings from the age of sail.
Representation of Maritime Craft of the Various Nations of the World, 1860, Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room CompanionWe print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature, some of th
The creation of Peter the Great's Baltic Fleet was achieved with the expertise of English shipbuilders, of whom Joseph Nye was amongst the most revered.
Please refrain from self-promotion (and flashy icons)... HMS Warrior, Portsmouth Harbour, the first iron-clad warship built for the British Navy in 1861. And my first exploratory trip to Portsmouth. It was a bland day, albeit sunny, and so not very fruitful. I took a handful of exposures just after sunset, shortly before I scurried back to the train station. I experimented with longer and shorter shutter speeds, but decided on the latter since the water surface was quite ripply due to a slight wind. The short exposures look much more painterly and fitting to me, even though I set off with low light LE in mind ;-)... Best viewed large ("L"). Single exposure with neutral density graduated filters (0.6 + 0.3 HE). Profile | Twitter | Facebook page "Subscribe" to my new FB page for some more background info on the images, workshops in the near future and suchlike trivia.
Elegante - "GRANDE BALL" Oil Painting by ZsaZsa Bellagio George Hobeika Fall 2016 DRAWING, DESIGN FOR CHANDELIER, LATE 18TH CENTURY via:smithsonian Evgenia Gonsa
A South China Junk of the type that is used for trading with Nanyang. If our Chinese ancestors has arrived in Singapore before the 20th century, very likely they would have come in one of these. A…
The lure of the sea called to me again when I saw these gorgeous ships. But for those of you tired of maritime magnificence, there are some great businesses to be seen here too and the railway viaduct in the distance. At no. 3, we have Kennedy the Grocer and the Railway Hotel; no. 4 is Anne Butterly, also a Grocer; no. 5 is a Coal Store; no. 6 is Edward Fitzgerald's, complete with a man working on the roof... Can only make out one name on the ships - think the nearest one is called Kyne? (But would be grateful if you'd all squint at it to see what you think it is) Date: 1860-1883 NLI Ref.: STP_2101
