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Description: | Double-sided circular gilt locket. On one side a sepia photograph of engineer Mr Albert Norris, and on the other a section of the Atlantic cable layed by the 'Great Eastern' in 1866. Set as a brooch in an outer gilt frame with a pin and safety chain with a miniature safety pin.
Albert Norris was an engineer on Brunel's Great Eastern during her transatlantic cable-laying voyages culminating in the successful attempt of 1866. Acquired together with an engraved nautilus shell depicting the Great Eastern presented to Albert Norris.(ZBA4448) and his papers and references. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Albert Norris | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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