1829, BDB 86/1/324 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.1829
Vickers Shipbuilding Stocks
1910s
Huge timber baulks creating a formwork for allowing work on the hull of a ship before launch into Walney Channel. Tall cranes allow access while the work is in progress. Workmen are visible amongst the timberwork and on the crane girders, and a pile of chains awaits a launch.
1829, BDB 86/1/324 Sankey Family Photographic Archive © Cumbria Archives
no.1829
Vickers Shipbuilding Stocks
1910s
Huge timber baulks creating a formwork for allowing work on the hull of a ship before launch into Walney Channel. Tall cranes allow access while the work is in progress. Workmen are visible amongst the timberwork and on the crane girders, and a pile of chains awaits a launch.
| Location: | Barrow Island Ward, Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria Archives Reference: | BDB 86/1/324 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sankey Number: | 1829 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 1823 | SS Viking | steaming to right of picture, funnels billowing | |
| 1824 | Yacht Vision off Knott End | Yacht with dinghy, boats beached on the shore | |
| 1825 | Yacht Vision off Knott End | Yacht with boats beached on the shore | |
| 1826 | Morecambe Steamer Robina | Steamer moving to bottom right of photo | |
| 1827 | Morecambe Steamer Robina | Steamer moving to bottom right of photo, shore beyond | |
| 1828 | Vickers Shipbuilding Stocks | In Channel, looking to slipways | |
| 1829 | Vickers Shipbuilding Stocks | Walney Channel, passing south of the slipways, cranes face right | |
| 1830 | Isle of Man Steamer Viking | Facing to right of picture | |
| 1831 | Isle of Man Steamer Viking | Taken at 45 degrees, facing right, heavy smoke. | |
| 1832 | Isle of Man Steamer Viking | steaming to left of picture | |
| 1833 | Coastal Cargo Tramp Steamer Oneida | steaming to left of picture - launch 1855 Scrapped 1928 |
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