The exterior of 365 High Street, premises of the New Medway Steam Packet Company Limited
- Date:
- Autumn 1943
- Location:
- 365 High Street, Rochester, Medway
- Reference:
- BB43/02553
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
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Description
The Medway Steam Packet Company was fomed in 1837 in order to link Chatham with Sheerness. In 1881 a second Medway Steam Packet Company was formed as a successor to the 1837 company. The New Medway Steam Packet Company was established in 1919, acquiring the assets of the 1871 concern. The last New Medway S. P. Co. vessel was the 'Medway Queen'. She ceased providing excursions along the Thames in 1963.
Content
This is part of the Collection: EJM01 Ernest James Mason Collection
Rights
© Historic England Archive
People & Organisations
Photographer: Mason, Ernest James: National Buildings Record
Keywords
Georgian House, Shop, Office, Water Transport
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