Lake Ships from 1920s & 1930s

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Steamer William Mackinnon in drydock at Kisumu in the 1900s

The photographs on this page are from the collection of Capt. Wm. Barton, who commanded the SS Lugard II and other stern wheelers and ships in the 1920s and 1930s on East African Lakes and Rivers, and were provided by his granddaughter Caroline Glithero

Tug Kavirondo	Usoga OR Rusinga
William Mackinnon in drydock	Kavirondo on slipway before launching
Kavirondo circa 1914 at Kisumu about to be launched	William Mackinnon in dock
Possibly part of the port dredger	Robert Coryndon at Butiaba
Native fishing boat	Kisumu workshops
Kisumu, late 1900s	Lake steamers alongside at Kisumu

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