Ceremony of laying the first stone of the Birkenhead Docks, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Ceremony of laying the first stone of the Birkenhead Docks, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

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Ceremony of laying the first stone of the Birkenhead Docks, 1844. The foundation stone is laid at Birkenhead on the River Mersey: '...the spectacle at the moment when the stone has been lowered in its place, and Sir P Egerton [palaeontologist and politicianPhilip de Malpas Grey Egerton] is receiving the trowel'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.


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  1. Engraving

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World Europe United Kingdom England Merseyside Wirral Birkenhead

  1. 53 24 00 N , 003 02 00 W

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3370
File Size : 48,971kb


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  1. 00000303_c.tif
  1. 1844, Vol V
  1. 00000303_c.tif
  1. 0580077078
  1. 2-798-501
  1. 2798501

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