SS Great Eastern, River Mersey, Liverpool, c. 1889. The ship was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
SS Great Eastern, River Mersey, Liverpool, c. 1889 - prior to being broken up. The ship was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall on the River Thames, London. She was the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without refuelling. Brunel died in 1859 shortly after her ill-fated maiden voyage, during which she was damaged by an explosion. After repairs, she plied for several years as a passenger liner between Britain and North America before being converted to a cable-laying ship and laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866. Finishing her life as a floating music hall and advertising hoarding for the famous department store Lewis's in Liverpool, she was broken up in 1889 – an old Victorian sepia photograph.
Size: 2586px × 3378px
Location: River Mersey, Liverpool, England, UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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