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Lake Ships from 1920s & 1930s

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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