Vintage Photos of the SS Great Eastern Iron Sailing Steamship From the 1850s and 1860s
A collection of photographs of the SS Great Eastern taken by various photographers during the 1850s and 1860s. The steamship was the biggest in the world at the time of her launch in 1858. The Great Eastern built at Millwall Iron Works along the River Thames in London, England. Original captions are in quotations.
Sources: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum.
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