GEORGE  BULLOUGH  
WORLD  TOUR  1892 - 1895   

Gibraltar, Malta, Suez Canal, Aden to Colombo, Ceylon.
(Newspaper Article 3 of 28   *   Published in 1896)

Article transcribed with explanatory notes written from first-hand research 
and illustrated by George W. Randall, co-founder in July 1996 and former 

Vice Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends' Association.

 

Album photographs from George W. Randall Archive of Bullough's World Tour.

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 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ALBUM ONE RELATING TO ARTICLE THREE

Photographs George W. Randall Archive  -  Text compiled from Encyclopædia Britannica 9 and 11 editions and
A Guide to Colombo by George J. A Skeen, published 1906.

All photographs 10½ x 8½ inches from Album I Ceylon / India - Images 2, 3 and 4.
(George W. Randal Research Archive)

Designed by Mr. John Kyle, Resident Engineer, the first (south-west) breakwater, was built of concrete blocks weighing 18 to 30 tons and set on the “sloping bond” principle; taking ten years to completion in 1885. 

The 2,657 foot long middle or island Breakwater, called the “North-West” was completed in 1906. The entrance opening between these two is 800 feet.

The 1,100 foot long “North-East” Breakwater connects to the shore as with the South-West arm, but is of totally different construction. Like the North-West breakwater it was designed by Messrs. Coode, Son & Matthews and comprises a simple mound or bank of large rough stones randomly laid – technically known as pierre perdue. The width of this entrance being 700 feet, 100 feet less than the principal South-West entrance.  

George W. Randall Research and Photographic Archive 
ADDITIONAL IMAGES DEPICTING ADEN 
FROM WORLD TOUR ALBUMS 
FOUND IN ALBUM XVI CHINA
ADDED 11 MAY 2019

Album XVI  (China)  *  Image 17  *  Hong Kong  *  Size 10½ x 7½ inches.

Misidentified in Album XVI as  Hong Kong.

 Correctly identified as Prince of Wales’ Crescent, Aden.

 Grand Hotel de L’Univers and  Hotel de L’Europe, both hotels under French management.

Prince of Wales Crescent runs alongside the docks of the former British colony of Aden, today Yemen; for centuries a key re-coaling station crucial to east-west trade, particularly with India. In January 1963 Sir Charles Johnston stepped down as Aden’s last Governor which remained a British Protectorate until 1967 when it became the independent state of Yemen.

REFERENCE: “An Account of the British Settlement of Aden in Arabia” 

by F. M. Hunter - Published 1877.

INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS:   CHINESE HOUSES HONG KONG

Album XVI  *  Image 10  *  Size 10 x 8½ inches.

Although identified as “Chinese Houses - Hong Kong” in Album XVI this is incorrect.

I am informed by Bristol University it is in fact Aden, a re-coaling port of call during George Bullough’s outward journey on board the SS Oceana in September 1892. 

  First published September 2013

ADEN PHOTOGRAPHS ADDED 11 MAY 2019

Reviewed with corrections and additions 14 November 2022

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