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no.1904

Buccleuch Dock Wharf

1920

View of Scythia, soon after launch, behind a two funnel steamer under maintenance with two men outboard. Many bits on dockside. Steam engine with trucks on the right and steam crane on rails in distance.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9888

no.1904

Buccleuch Dock Wharf

1920

View of Scythia, soon after launch, behind a two funnel steamer under maintenance with two men outboard. Many bits on dockside. Steam engine with trucks on the right and steam crane on rails in distance.

Location: Buccleuch Dock, Barrow Island, Barrow-in Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7659
Sankey Number: 1904

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