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Description: | Two photographs fixed to one mount showing the cylindrical towing barge designed to transport "Cleopatra's Needle" from Alexandria to London in 1877. The first picture shows the barge afloat immediately after becoming buoyant, whilst the second (earlier) view shows it being rolled into the water with the aid of the two paddle tugs seen in the background (an identical print to the unmounted 2009.2567.9).
Part: photograph, Material: paper
Part: mount, Material: card | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.464668 | Go to resource |
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