Pamphlet 'History and Description of the Steam-Ship Great Britain, Built at Bristol for the Great Western Steam-ship Company; to which are added, remarks on the comparative merits of iron and wood as materials for ship-building' by Captain Claxton
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Voyage box 1, item 16
Colour photocopy of the pamphlet 'History and Description of the Steam-Ship Great Britain, Built at Bristol for the Great Western Steam-ship Company; to which are added, remarks on the comparative merits of iron and wood as materials for ship-building' by Captain Claxton. This copy was digitised on The Internet Archive and supplied by Tony Morrison (16/02/2011). It has an advertisement printed at the start of the pamphlet: 'Books which are books. The Cheapest and Best Books Published in The United States!'.
Object in external object collection: DM1405/1. 'Photographic copy of pamphlet on ss Great Britain by Christopher Claxton, printed in New York, 1845, with stamp of Library of Congress owning the item.'
1 colour photocopy of typed pamphlet. 36 sheets in total
TitlePamphlet 'History and Description of the Steam-Ship Great Britain, Built at Bristol for the Great Western Steam-ship Company; to which are added, remarks on the comparative merits of iron and wood as materials for ship-building' by Captain Claxton
PublisherThe Bristol Mirror Office, Taylor, John
Year of publication1845
Dimensions1 colour photocopy of typed pamphlet
Materialresource
SubjectGreat Britain (steamship), SS Great Britain voyages, Trial voyage and fitting out, SS Great Britain voyage 1