Voyage of the Ewell (1926) down the River Thames, 22 September 1926

Lace bound 16-page album. Pages are grey stiffened paper. 22 photographs, 8.5” x 6.5” dry mounted one to a page. Each photograph has a typed caption below giving details of which bridge is being approached by the Ewell. Prints are in good condition but some dirty marks. No evidence of pages warping. Outer spine of album wearing away at top and base. Last 5 pages of album are blank. The Ewell (1926), was a Wandsworth, Wimbledon & Epsom District Gas Company) 'flat-iron' Collier.

Captions listed below from the album:

1. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Wandsworth Bridge
2. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Battersea Railway Bridge
3. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Battersea Road Bridge
4. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Albert Suspension Bridge
5. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Chelsea Suspension Bridge
6. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Grosvenor Railway Bridge
7. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Vauxhall Bridge
8. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Vauxhall Bridge (closer view than plate 7)
9. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Lambeth Suspension Bridge
10. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Westminster Bridge
11. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Westminster Bridge (closer view than plate 10)
12. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Charing Cross Bridge
13. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Waterloo Bridge
14. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Waterloo Bridge (closer view than plate 13)
15. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Blackfriars Road Bridge
16. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Southwark Bridge
17. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Southwark Bridge (closer view than plate 16)
18. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Cannon Street Railway Bridge
19. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching London Bridge
20. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching London Bridge (close up view)
21. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Tower Bridge
22. Ewell proceeding down river and approaching Tower Bridge (close up view)

Object Details

ID: ALB0818
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1926
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 248 mm x 348 mm x 27 mm
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