Kidderpore Dock, with steamer 'Mayo' passing through 60 ft dock. The first steamer that entered the Dock in Calcutta - 1891
Photograph taken in1891 by an unknown photographer of the newly constructed graving dock, Calcutta Docks. A graving dock (dry dock), is a dock enclosed by gates and pumped dry to allow repairs to be carried out on a ship's hull. This view shows the RIMS (Royal Indian Marine Steamship) "Mayo", the first vessel to use the new dock, in the lock leading into the half-tide basin from the River Hooghly.
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Kidderpore Dock, na steamer 'Mayo' kupita kupitia 60 ft dock. Picha ya kwanza iliyochukuliwa na mpiga picha asiyejulikana mwaka 1891 ya bandari mpya ya Calcutta. Dock ya kupasua (dry dock) ni dock iliyofungwa na milango na kupasuliwa kavu ili kuruhusu ukarabati kufanywa kwenye mwili wa meli. "Meli ya Royal Indian Marine Steamship (RIMS) ""Mayo"" ilifungwa katika bandari ya Hooghly." Copyright © Bodi ya Maktaba ya Uingereza