The sailing barges 'Lady Flora' and 'Britannia' moored on the Thames near the Eight Bells public house in Putney before construction of the Embankment

Date:
1880s
Location:
Putney Reach, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority, SW15
Reference:
OFH01/01/01/R03/06
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The label notes for this negative read: "BARGES, Left 'Lady Flora' built at Sittingbourne 1866, Right 'Britannia' built by Goldfinch at Faversham 1865".

This photograph appears in 'William Fields's Photographs of Putney', compiled by Dorian Gerhold and Michael Bull for the Wandsworth Historical Society.

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: OFH01/01/01 Negatives taken by William Field; within the Series: OFH01/01 Negatives originating from William Field; within the Collection: OFH01 Douglas Harrod, E P Olney and William Field Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Field, William O

Keywords

Victorian Watercraft, Horse Drawn Transport, Water Transport, Waterscape