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Photo 337/2(40)
- Record Id:
- 041-003062935
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003062769
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025712784.0x000d5c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 337/2(40)
- Title:
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The 'Albay' in Kowloon Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Historical Events
Stern view from the bottom of the dry dock. 'The Albay is here shown in Kowloon Dock. Only part of the damage she sustained can be seen. A considerable portion of the fore part of the steamer is smashed away; but she was in other parts much battered and damaged. The condition in which this vessel is here shown to be, gives some idea of the terrible violence of the typhoon of September, 1874.'
Subjects = Albay (steamer); disasters; docks and dockyards; named vessels; salvage & repairs; steamers; transport; typhoons; water transport
Location = China; Hong Kong; Kowloon; New Territories
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003062769
040-003062895
041-003062935 - Is part of:
- Photo 337 : Photographs of India and China. Photographer(s): Clifton and Co
Photo 337/2 : Album of views of the Hong Kong and Macao Typhoon of 1874. Photographer(s): Lai Afong
Photo 337/2(40) : The 'Albay' in Kowloon Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong - Hierarchy:
- 032-003062769[0002]/040-003062895[0040]/041-003062935
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 337
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1874
- End Date:
- 1876
- Date Range:
- c Jan 1875
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Lai Afong, 1840-1900
- Subjects:
- Hong Kong Typhoon, 1874