"On July 27th 1879, the 1,172 ton grow iron barque River Lune of Liverpool, in ballast from Lorient to Ardrossen in Scotland. The vessel was built in 1868, owned by John Hargrove of Chapel Street, Liverpool.
A View of Penzance Railway Station looking down on the tracks, showing the standard Gauge of the Old West Cornwall Railway and the Broad Gauge of the Great Western in situ together
Sepia print of Chapel Street, Penzance looking down towards St Mary's Church from the Egyptian House on the Right and Smith & Son , Newsagents & Shaw's Bazaar on the Left with the Union Hotel next door.
Groups of people and interesting lamps
The 2,070-ton Busby was launched in February 1894 at Stockton as a steel screw schooner-rigged steamer for the general Indian trade of Ropner & Co of West Hartlepool. She had made only one Indian voyage when she sailed from Newport on the evening of…