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[The torpedo depot at Suda Naval Arsenal] – Historic Print

[The torpedo depot at Suda Naval Arsenal], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The torpedo depot at Suda Naval Arsenal], [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [The torpedo depot at Suda Naval Arsenal] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This gelatin silver print shows the torpedo depot at Suda Naval Arsenal, on Suda Bay on the north coast of Crete. In the 1880s Crete was still under Ottoman authority, and the bay's deep, sheltered water made it a useful base for naval work. The print is one of a series from an album assembled for Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, which documented Ottoman naval facilities, ports, and factories, and its captions appear in both Ottoman Turkish and French. The album dates from between 1880 and 1893, a period when torpedoes were becoming a central part of coastal defense.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 14. No. 97. In album: Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval facilities, ports, mines, and factories, Turkey and Greece, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsTorpedoes--Greece--Suda Bay--1880-1900. Magazines (Military buildings)--Greece--Suda Bay--1880-1900. Naval yards & naval stations--Greece--Suda Bay--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,315 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-154644

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