The end of the ‘Clement Hill’, ‘Winifred’, and ‘Hussein’, Bukakata Causeway, Sesse Islands, Lake Victoria, after 1936, 1977
Scope and Contents
204 x 154 mm. Showing the scrapped hulls of these steamers lined along the waterfront as a breakwater. The ‘Winifred’ was launched in 1904 and the ‘Clement Hill’ two years later (the date for the ‘Hussein’ is unknown). These boats, in company with the ‘Winifreds’ sister ‘Sybil’, played a major part in cargo and passenger transport on Lake Victoria until they were scrapped in 1936.
Dates
- Creation: 1977
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Language of Materials
English
Date information
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Finding aid date
2010-07-26 15:41:19+00:00
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