Pamphlet, 'A Description of the Great Britain Steam Ship, Built at Bristol, for the Proprietors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, with 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 20
Black and white photocopy of pamphlet, 'A Description of the Great Britain Steam Ship, Built at Bristol, for the Proprietors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, with remarks on the Comparative Merits of Iron and Wood as Materials for Ship Building'. by Captain Claxton.
Includes illustration of the SS Great Britain at the start of the Pamphlet.
Photocopy is A4 with 1 page per sheet.
Original in SSGB collection: 1997.009. '"A Description of the Great Britain Steam Ship, Built at Bristol" by Capt. C. Claxton.Bristol, 1845. Booklet, printed, 20 pages. Front cover annotated. See Inscriptions/Markings tab for transcript of cover annotation.'
1 black and white photocopy of printed booklet. 18 sheets in total.
TitlePamphlet, 'A Description of the Great Britain Steam Ship, Built at Bristol, for the Proprietors of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, with 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 black and white photocopy of printed pamphlet
Materialresource
SubjectGreat Britain (steamship), SS Great Britain voyages, Trial voyage and fitting out, SS Great Britain voyage 1