Glass negative of HMS 'Albion' before being launched, Blackwall
- part of archive:
- Edgar Tarry Adams Collection
- maker:
- Adams, Edgar Tarry
A glass photographic negative of the hull of HMS 'Albion' shortly before its launch at Blackwall, London, taken by Edgar Tarry Adams in June 1898.
Adams had visited the Thames Ironworks at Blackwall, London, to photograph the launch of the ship with his new hand-held camera. Tragedy struck however, when the ship left the slipway and entered the water, causing a massive wave which engulfed nearby spectators, drowning thirty-four people.
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1 Glass Plate Negative
- Identifier:
- ETA/1/745
- Access:
- Open Access
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