2008

SN4400 : Amelia Earhart memorial, Burry Port harbour

taken 17 years ago, near to Burry Port, Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin, Wales

Amelia Earhart memorial, Burry Port harbour
Amelia Earhart memorial, Burry Port harbour
Commemorating the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. In June 1928 the seaplane "Friendship", flown from Newfoundland, touched down in the Burry Inlet. It was towed into Burry Port harbour, where the two male pilots and Ms Earhart came ashore to much celebration. Amelia Earhart (born Kansas 1897) went on to achieve great success as an aviator, sadly being lost over the Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

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Category: Memorial > Memorial
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Events On This Day In History Automatic Clusters: · Burry Port Memorial [20] · Amelia Earhart [7] Title Clusters: · Amelia Earhart memorial, Burry Port harbour [2] ·
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SN4400, 293 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Rose and Trev Clough   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 16 October, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 29 October, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SN 4465 0032 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:40.8059N 4:14.9037W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SN 4465 0032
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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