[From 128 Views, c.1907]

Section 5 - Ferries

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Judging from comments these photographs were not owned by Valentine's.

	"Empress Queen" By permission of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Empress Queen
	"Queen Victoria" By permission of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Queen Victoria
	"Princess [sic Prince] of Wales" By permission of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Prince of Wales - Photograph taken at Liverpool Pier Head
	"Mona's Isle" By permission of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Mona's Isle III.
	Turbine Steamer "Viking" By permission of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company An artistic impression - the Viking was built 1905..
	Midland Railway Turbine Steamer "The Manxman" The Manxman was introduced to work the Heysham/Douglas route, a summer only route which opened on 1 June 1905 although Heysham Harbour (and services to Ireland) officially opened on 1 September 1904. The Londonderry had a couple of trial runs into Douglas in August 1904 but there was a delay in the delivery of the Manxman which did not take place until November 1904. (Thanks to J.R. Clague for additional infornation)

Note: Photographs that appeared on the same page are grouped together; pages are separated by a small horizontal line. All comments are my own and are not in the original which had only the captions shown against each photograph.




Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor HTML Transcription © F.Coakley , 2003

Section 5 - Ferries

"Empress Queen"

"Queen Victoria"

"Princess [sic Prince] of Wales"

"Mona's Isle"

Turbine Steamer "Viking"

Midland Railway Turbine Steamer "The Manxman"