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"BARGES, Left 'Lady Flora' built at Sittingbourne 1866, Right 'Britannia' built by Goldfinch at Faversham 1865". This photograph appears in 'William Fields's Photographs of Putney', compiled by Dorian Gerhold and Michael Bull.
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Bless you 😁
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It was part of the conversion bringing in natural gas to the UK and creating a nationwide transmission grid.
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Unsure ref the date validity.
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Column guided do. Spiral guided do not. To complicate things, some column guided had a "flying lift" which was the top telescopic section without column guides. Gasholders are not always big - here was one in Goudhurst operated by one man who did everything gas production wise.
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I would guess this interesting image has been published a few times? "On the Wharf at S. E. Barlow's Anchor Docks from left to right are, Mr Herbert Florendine, Mr Andrew Penny (foreman), and Mr S. E. Barlow. The gentleman in the boat, the Long Moll, on the far left is Mr George Baxter, a painter, with Mr Woodhouse on the far right in the boat"
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"Awaiting boat transport"
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Good find!
