Sign for the Aleppo Merchant
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Sign for the Aleppo Merchant
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 3 Sep 2007
Although the current sign shows a steam ship, the Aleppo Merchant was a vessel of 400 tons, who sailed between 1642-50, and did four voyages for the East India Company.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.555609
Longitude
-3.531581