Preparing for the final attempt to grapple the cast cable
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Object number2000.039
TitlePreparing for the final attempt to grapple the cast cable
DescriptionPreparing for the final attempt to grapple the cast cable. Black and white photograph of a print depicting five crewmembers grappling with a large spool of rope with a hook on the end. The ss Great Eastern is behind with crew and machines across the deck. Rigging in top half of image. Glass negative from series of views of ss Great Eastern. 3x3 inches. Late 19th Century. File H 75. PH 1850's.
Object nameglass negative
Object categoryphotography
Techniquephotographed
Dimensions
- height: 82 mm
width: 82 mm
depth: 3 mm