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Ladies should visit the...

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 35 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From Wikipedia: At the end of her cable-laying career [1878] she was refitted once again as a liner but once again efforts to make her a commercial success failed. She was used as a showboat, a floating palace/concert hall and gymnasium. She acted as an advertising hoarding—sailing up and down the Mersey for Lewis's Department Store, who at this point were her owners, before being sold. The idea was to attract people to the store by using her as a floating visitor attraction. By the time she was sold piecemeal at auction in 1888 she had become an embarrassment.
  • Robin Parkes said:
    Thank you for the photo. So sad to see her in that state.
  • ccferrie said:
    From PortCities : Eventually, in 1885, the unwanted hulk was hired by Lewis's department store in Liverpool. The store wanted to use her as a music hall, fun fair and a giant advertising billboard. The tired old screw engines were coaxed into powering the ship to the River Mersey, where it was opened to the public at a shilling (5 pence) a head. After exhibition trips to Dublin and the River Clyde, which did not make much money at all, the Great Eastern returned to the River Mersey in 1888.
  • Wendy: said:
    great photo and unusual end use!
  • ccferrie said:
    From History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications : By the time the Great Eastern reached Liverpool the port side facing Birkenhead carried the slogan ‘LADIES SHOULD VISIT LEWIS’S BON MARCHE CHURCH STREET’, while on the starboard side facing Liverpool: Towards the stern: LEWIS’S ARE THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE Lewis’s name was painted in 30 feet high letters. Towards the bows: RANELAGH STREET LEWIS’S BON MARCHE LIVERPOOL BASNETT STREET MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, BIRMINGHAM On the paddle box: THE BON MARCHE LIVERPOOL

LEVIATHAN (LOC)

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  • Buff 11 said:
    My Grandpa and uncles sailed on her in the 1920s.

Dining Saloon on the S.S. Great Eastern

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  • Nick Stewart said:
    How very decadent. Wonderful photos.
  • Robin Parkes said:
    I'd love to see one of the ship berthed at Arklow. I never miss a visit to the Maritime Museum each time I'm down there.
  • Vab2009 said:
    Very opulent! What a great image though - so much detail and this was taken below decks - must have needed a hefty exposure!!
  • blackpoolbeach said:
    "Her first voyage to North America began on 17 June 1860" She was converted into a cable-laying ship in 1865. "The conversion work for Great Eastern's new role consisted in the removal of funnel no. 4 and some boilers as well as great parts of the passenger rooms and saloons" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern
  • ccferrie said:
    I've posted a couple of comments on the other photo which may be of interest