19th century photograph album documenting the Liverpool docks and scenes from Port Said
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19th century album containing 72 albumen prints by an unknown photographer. The prints document the Liverpool dock estate and scenes from Port Said, Suez Canal, and date between the 1860s-1880s. Of particular interest are photographs of the Liverpool Landing Stage fire of 1874, models of proposed overhead railway (opened in 1893), and improvements to the Seacombe ferry terminal in Birkenhead.