British sailors sounding and marking channels on Trinity Bay in preparation for the arrival of the "S.S. Great Eastern," July 1866, artist's impression, detail.

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British sailors sounding and marking channels on Trinity Bay in preparation for the arrival of the "S.S. Great Eastern," July 1866, artist's impression, detail.
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 1, 2016.
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engraving
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Her Majesty's Steamer Margaretta Stevenson, sounding the harbor and placing buoys in Trinity Bay, for the safe guidance of the Great Eastern - From a sketch by our Special Artist, Mr. Joseph Becker.
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 18, 1866, p. 341.

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Cropped from the fuller image, also available here.

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