Portraying the Port: A Walk Through the Photographic Collections of Dublin
30 August 2022
Booking Essential
Location:The Pumphouse, Dublin Port Heritage Zone, Alexandra Road, Dublin 1
Date: Friday October 5th 1pm
Join Marta Lopez from the Port Heritage & Communications team in a time travel to the late 19th and early 20th century Port. Engineers valued the potentialof photography almost from its invention in the mid-1800s to document their work, which was often very complex. A picture speaks a thousand words. This interest left a rich collection preserved by the Port Authorities, a testimony of the role of the Port and maritime trade as vital drivers in the development of Dublin