About This Item
Identifier
010-0015-013
Title
Photo of Sea Lock basin on canal
Description
Sailing Ships in the Inner Sea Lock of Canal.
Picture in Rowson and Wrights History p 302 which says
"Just inside the basin, the Elizabeth Ann of Bridgewater is unloading into the Eleanor Street stores. Built in 1853 this West Country trading ketch had been lengthened in 1866.
The Alma Hotel and the Torbay Hotel on opposite corners of Margaret Street and Eleanor Place are visible and at the far end on Margaret Street are the sheds of the Mount Stuart Dry Docks.
Sixty years earlier this are was the site of coal wharves for all the major colliery proprietors who shipped from Cardiff"
Picture in Rowson and Wrights History p 302 which says
"Just inside the basin, the Elizabeth Ann of Bridgewater is unloading into the Eleanor Street stores. Built in 1853 this West Country trading ketch had been lengthened in 1866.
The Alma Hotel and the Torbay Hotel on opposite corners of Margaret Street and Eleanor Place are visible and at the far end on Margaret Street are the sheds of the Mount Stuart Dry Docks.
Sixty years earlier this are was the site of coal wharves for all the major colliery proprietors who shipped from Cardiff"
Type
Item
Format
.jpg
Date
July 1891
Creator
G H Wills
Contributor
BHAC, WIMM
Rights
Cardiff Hubs and Libraries
Source
Changing Face of Cardiff Dockland exhibition
Original Format
1 Photo on card
Physical Dimensions
292 x 196mm
Digital File
Yes
Storage Location
HCE
Citation
G H Wills, “Photo of Sea Lock basin on canal,” The Heritage & Cultural Exchange Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://hcearchive.org.uk/items/show/5905.