Pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, Dorset)
During the cold winter night of Tuesday January 5th 1897, a passing merchant ship struck an unfortunate blue whale just off the sandy shores of Bournemouth. Over the next couple of days, the ebbing tides brought the creature to rest on the beach East of Boscombe Pier. At 70ft long and weighing over...
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ftqueenunitechdc:oai:digitalcollections.qut.edu.au:4092 2023-05-15T15:45:08+02:00 Pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, Dorset) L'Estrange, Robert Augustus Henry GB England Dorset Bournemouth 1900 image/jpeg https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/3727/ https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/4092/7/LeStrange%20collection%20582.jpg https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/4092/8/LeStrange%20collection%20583.jpg https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/4092/ en eng Queensland University of Technology https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/4092/7/LeStrange%20collection%20582.jpg https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/4092/8/LeStrange%20collection%20583.jpg https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/4092/ /4092/7.hasmediumThumbnailVersion/LeStrange%20collection%20582.jpg /4092/7.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/LeStrange%20collection%20582.jpg /4092/8.hasmediumThumbnailVersion/LeStrange%20collection%20583.jpg /4092/8.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/LeStrange%20collection%20583.jpg http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Out of copyright You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute Queensland University of Technology CC0 PDM Whale skeleton Boscombe Pier - Boscombe - Bournemouth - Dorset Chine Hotel - Boscombe - Bournemouth Image NonPeerReviewed 1900 ftqueenunitechdc 2021-06-29T19:00:30Z During the cold winter night of Tuesday January 5th 1897, a passing merchant ship struck an unfortunate blue whale just off the sandy shores of Bournemouth. Over the next couple of days, the ebbing tides brought the creature to rest on the beach East of Boscombe Pier. At 70ft long and weighing over 40 tonnes, the animal quickly drew an excited crowd. The Coastguard, acting as an agent for Her Majesty’s Receiver of Wrecks, auctioned it off to a local man for £27 who wanted to display its bones. The whale skeleton was eventually displayed on the pier, on a specially constructed support, as an attraction for visitors and tourists. The carcass of the 65-foot mammal, thought to be that of a blue whale, attracted crowds until 1904. Text Blue whale Queensland University of Technology: QUT Digital Collections |
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During the cold winter night of Tuesday January 5th 1897, a passing merchant ship struck an unfortunate blue whale just off the sandy shores of Bournemouth. Over the next couple of days, the ebbing tides brought the creature to rest on the beach East of Boscombe Pier. At 70ft long and weighing over 40 tonnes, the animal quickly drew an excited crowd. The Coastguard, acting as an agent for Her Majesty’s Receiver of Wrecks, auctioned it off to a local man for £27 who wanted to display its bones. The whale skeleton was eventually displayed on the pier, on a specially constructed support, as an attraction for visitors and tourists. The carcass of the 65-foot mammal, thought to be that of a blue whale, attracted crowds until 1904. |
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Pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, Dorset) |
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Pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, Dorset) |
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Pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, Dorset) |
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Pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, Dorset) |
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Pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (Boscombe Pier, Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, Dorset) |
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pier with whale skeleton, circa 1900 (boscombe pier, boscombe spa, bournemouth, dorset) |
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Queensland University of Technology |
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