Port Collection (#88)

France Rochefort
Making preparations for a voyage in the harbour of this Atlantic port

France Marseille
A fine general view of the Vieux Port

Corsica Ile Rousse
A charming seaside port on the northern coast of the island : Hilarys sister lives here, if you re interested

Man Relaxing with Pipe
A man in a suit reclines in his armchair and almost dozes off as he puffs away at his pipe, having read his newspaper and had a drop of wine or port

SS Sampo, 1898
Photograph of Steamship Sampo a newly constructed ice-breaker, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. for the Senate of Finland, 1898

Suez Canal at Port Said
The northern terminal of the canal is at Port Said : here a P & O passenger ship enters the canal. Passengers usually land and patronise the tourist shops

Ladies Leave after Meal
After dinner, the ladies leave the table and the room, allowing the men to enjoy port and cigars, and to discuss the matters of the day

Alexandria in C16Th
A fascinating early plan of Alexandria, showing the remains of Alexanders Palace, Pompeys Pillar, the Pharos, the city gates, the African coast and the Mediterranean

Suez Opening Lights
Illuminations at Port Said celebrate the official opening of the Canal, though some ships have been passing through for several months. Date: November 1869

Messina Occupied
Following a naval bombardment, the port of Messina is invested by the royalist forces of Ferdinando II, king of the Two Sicilies

Racial / Eskimos / Alaska
Princess Ker-Leng-Ner and her husband at Port Clarence, Alaska

Ww1 Officers at a Port
World War One officers are driven by car to the docks to board the ferry to France where Glory or Death await them

Burnt out liner L Atlantique, successfully brought into port
The burnt out liner, L Atlantique successfully brought into port at Cherbourg. The fire broke out in the early hours of 4th January 1933, at 6am the abandon ship order was given

The Asia, dismastered by a waterspout, on her passage to Bom
The Asia dismasted by a waterspout on her passage from Port Phillip to Bombay. The rain flooded the decks ankle deep, the fall of the foremast had crushed all that lay beneth. Date: 22nd April 1854

England / Bosham
Bosham, near Chichester, Sussex, where King Canute tried (but failed!) to command the tide not to come in. A quaint corner of this old village, once a great sea port

Algiers Bombarded
Algiers, notorious as the home port of pirates terrorising shipping in the Mediterranean, is bombarded by vessels of the Royal Navy commanded by Lord Exmouth.1yn

Sir Marcus Samuel
SIR MARCUS SAMUEL Viscount Bearset, petroleum entrepeneur. Lord Mayor of London from 1902-3

Algiers / Port C1700
Algiers: view of the port, with ships

Senegal / Dakar 1861
Visit from Colonel d Arcy to Monsieur Faidherbe, Governor of Senegal, West Africa: view of the port of Dakar, with ships

Senegal / Dakar Port 1867
Dakar, Senegal, West Africa: view of the port

England / Charlestown
The small but busy harbour of Charlestown, a quaint little Cornish sea port. The local industry is devoted entirely to the shipping of china clay to all parts of the world

Weymouth / Dorset / 1950S
WEYMOUTH harbour and waterfront

Skiathos Town Ferry Port
Skiathos Town, Skiathos, Greece. A ferry boat prepares to leave the port at night

Early Fishing America
Landing and curing fish at a North American port

Dieppe / Port Entry C1900
Dieppe: entry to the port

Variety of Snakes
1) Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) 2)" Pedda Poda" Python 3)" Port Natal" Python 4) Rattlesnake (genus Crotalus) 5) Black Rattlesnake 6) Cobra (Naia tripudians)

Ghana Accra
The port viewed from the sea

Korea Kyomon
View of the harbour, formerly known (to the British, anyway) as Port Hamilton

Loading Coal Ships
Coal is loaded aboard sailing vessels at Port Clarence, near Middlesbrough

NY Bus Terminal Newstand
Men and women browse through an array of newspapers and magazines on sale at the Garfield News Company stand at New York port authority bus terminal

French Shipbuilding
A ship being constructed in a covered cale at the French naval port of Lorient

Iran Busheir
Distant view of the port (formerly ka Bushire) on the Persian Gulf

Rus-Jap War / Port Art
Russian army fortifications constructed using sandbags at Port Arthur, Russia

Guatemala Izabal
General view of the port

Guatemala Livingston
The port of Livingston viewed from the sea

Kronstadt Birds Eye
The island, harbour and fortifications of this Important port on the Baltic, at the time of the Crimea War

Varna - the Harbour
View of the Black Sea port : at the time of this picture it is under Turkish rule but it will be ceded to Bulgaria by the Treaty of Berlin 1876. Date: 1856

Varna - Birds Eye View
Important Black Sea port : at the time of this picture it is under Turkish rule but it will be ceded to Bulgaria by the Treaty of Berlin 1876

Thames Barge / Bridge
A view across a barge travelling under a bridge on the Thames, toward the Sandeman Port Warehouse

PERU ISLAY
The port viewed from the sea

Haiti Port Au Prince
The port seen from the sea

Chile Arica
The port viewed from the sea

Whitby Harbour
A fine overview of the lovely harbour at Whitby, Yorkshire, England

French Take Dieppe
The French take the bastille built by the English before the port of Dieppe - one step in the expulsion of the English from mainland Europe

Russian Ships Pt Arthur
Russian ships break out of Port Arthur

USA / Mississippi River
View of a Levee on the Lower Mississippi

Oil / Texas
Petroleum butadiene plant at Port Neches, Texas

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