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Great Eastern on the stocks in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard
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Great Eastern on the stocks in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard
Great Eastern on the stocks in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard at Millwall on the Thames. Broadside view from the river. Double-hulled, of all iron construction, and powered by four steam engines driving both paddle wheels and screw propeller, she was intended for the passenger trade between Britain and Australia and India. After a few troubled passenger voyages she was sold for £ 25, 000, a fraction of the building cost of probably £ 500, 000, and converted to a cable laying ship In this role she was used in laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1865-1866, and other similar projects. She was Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) last great project. He collapsed on her deck on her launch in 1858 and died a few days later. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 7 November 1857). Chromolithograph
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