1977

SD4097 : Windermere Steamboat Museum

taken 47 years ago, near to Windermere, Cumbria, England

Windermere Steamboat Museum
Windermere Steamboat Museum
The Windermere Steamboat Museum is on the shore of Lake Windermere, at Rayrigg Road, just to the north of Bowness-on-Windermere. Prior to being acquired by the Windermere Nautical Trust in 1975, the site was for many years where the barges unloaded gravel dredged from the bed of Lake Windermere. The Museum was built in 1976-77 with the help of The Maritime Trust and the English Tourist Board. This photograph shows part of the collection of steam boats at the museum shortly after it had opened in 1977.


LinkExternal link Windermere Steamboat Project
Windermere :: SD3997

Windermere is the largest natural lake in England. It is a ribbon lake formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the end of the last ice age some 13000 years ago.

The lake is largely surrounded by foothills of the Lake District which provide pleasant low-level walks; to the north and north-east are the higher fells of central Lakeland. It has been one of the country's most popular places for holidays and summer homes since the arrival of the Kendal and Windermere Railway's branch line in 1847.


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Category: Musical museum
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Rayrigg Road [24] · Windermere Steamboat Museum [24] · Boats [15] · North of Bowness-on-Windermere [10] Title Clusters: · Windermere Steamboat Museum [2] ·
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SD4097, 252 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
May 1977   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 12 February, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4017 9764 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:22.2444N 2:55.3463W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4020 9764
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