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N. A. Squadron, Inshore Squadron, 1893, Grenada, 1893

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/8

Scope and Contents

303 x 238 mm. A good view of the inshore harbour at St George's, with part of the town in the background. Fort St George, which guards the entrance to the Carenage is just out of the picture on the left. Steamships of the North Atlantic Squadron can be seen moored inside the Carenage: 'To the east is the land-locked harbour known locally as the Carenage, with its entrance opening to the south-south-west, and covering an area of about 120 acres. The Carenage may conveniently be divided, for purposes of reference, into three sections - the outer harbour, or part nearest to the entrance, where steamers and men of war ordinarily lie; the inner harbour, or northern portion, where steamers are now coaled, and where large sailing vessels with lumber, coals, etc., are discharged; and the Lagoon, a large basin to the east of the outer harbour, and divided from it by a bar of sand covered with coral growth, passable only by boats...As to the capacity of the harbour, it may be mentioned that in 1893, besides small craft, there were at one time moored in the outer part two large merchant steamers and three British men-of-war, while in the inner harbour there were two smaller steamers and room for more. The length of the Carenage from entrance to head is 850 yards, and its greatest breadth, excluding the Lagoon, 400 yards' (Drayton 1896, p. 62).

Dates

  • Creation: 1893

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition, apart from fading in from edges.

Related Materials

Refer to Y30771A/4, Y30771A/9, Y30771A/12 and Y30771A/20 for other views of the Careenage.

General

GD.

Finding aid date

2003-02-19 12:06:47+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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