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no.1298

Dredger Premier

c. 1912

View looking north of dredger on the landward side of the channel at low tide. No crew visible. Topsail schooner on sands behind; no sails bent on the spars. Barrow-in-Furness in distance. Launched August 1907 by William Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew. Built on the Clyde by William Simmons & Co in 1907 for The British Dredging Co Ltd.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9665

no.1298

Dredger Premier

c. 1912

View looking north of dredger on the landward side of the channel at low tide. No crew visible. Topsail schooner on sands behind; no sails bent on the spars. Barrow-in-Furness in distance. Launched August 1907 by William Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew. Built on the Clyde by William Simmons & Co in 1907 for The British Dredging Co Ltd.

Location: Walney Channel, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7440
Sankey Number: 1298

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