Gravesend Collection (page 3)

Emigrant Ship off Gravesend; English Channel, 1875
Engraving showing the deck of an emigrant ship, bound for America, off the coast of Kent, 1875. All classes of passenger are evident here with well dressed middle class ladies and gentlemen

Emigrants queuing for Berth Numbers on their ship, Gravesend
Engraving showing emigrant passengers being allocated berth numbers at the beginning of a voyage to Australia, 1887. In the background of the image

British Emigrants at Gravesend, Kent, 1850
Engraving showing the British emigrants and their ships who set out to settle in Canterbury, New Zealand, in September 1850

The Barque Berean off Tilbury, 1910
Photograph showing the Swedish barque Berean aground off Tilbury, Thames estuary, 1910. The Berean had collided with a German steamer off Gravesend and had begun to take on water

GRAVESEND SEASIDE
A Thameside paddling pool for children as they play on the banks of the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, England

England / Gravesend
The Thames at Gravesend, with river steamers and other vessels

Thames / Northfleet / Kent
The Thames at Northfleet, Kent (near Gravesend)

Alexandra Arrives 1863
Princess Alexandra arrives at Gravesend from Denmark, for her marriage to Edward Prince of Wales : rose petals are profusely scattered to welcome her

Thames Steamer 1835
Steamboats on the Thames at Gravesend, Kent

Gravesend from River
River steamers arriving and departing back to London from Gravesend, Kent, at the mouth of the Thames

James Thompson Bain
JAMES THOMPSON BAIN The leader of the deported Labour Leaders on board the Umgeni at Gravesend

Labour Leaders Deported
Nine Labour Leaders deported from South Africa arrive at Gravesend on board the Umgeni. Their leader, James Bain receives a heros welcome from British Trade Unionists

Troops at Gravesend
British troops cross the Thames from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort, on flat- boats drawn on ropes : besides men, guns, horses and wagons are carried, spectators watch

Gravesend / Thames 18C
The Thames at Gravesend, with a number of sailing vessels

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