Sepia albumen print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2016.50.187

Identification

Item: The 'Boskenna Bay' in Mounts Bay.

Description: Mounts Bay at low tide with an unidentified man working on his boat in the foreground. The steamer 'Boskenna Bay' dominates the middle distance and the Isles of Scilly paddle steamer 'Queen of the Bay' is also view. The 'Boskenna Bay' 2293 tons was built in 1882 on the Tyne for John Banfield of Penzance and sold in 1895. She is flying flags so probably just arrived from her builders. The Isles of Scilly paddle steamer 'Queen of the Bay' served between 1874 and 1885. In 1881, following E.Hain building the 'Trewidden' in 1879, John Banfield, manager of the W.Cornwall Steamship Co built three deep sea steamers: Mounts Bay 1881-94; Carbis Bay 1882-1894; and Boskenna Bay 1882-1895. All three were built on the Tyne by Schlesinger Davis & Co but were considerably less successful than the St Ives Hain Line.

Condition: Good

Description

Material: Photographic paper

Production

Method: Printed

Category: Photography

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