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  • Collection: Great Earthquake of Kingston

Derailed rail lines, port Royal, 1907 Earthquake

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A man walking on a partially bent train line after the 1907 earthquake that devastated Kingston and Port Royal. Damaged buildings and debris can be seen in the background.

Royal Artillery Store for Victoria Battery, Port Royal (also called Giddy House)

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A view of the partially sunken cartridge store [left] and the Royal Artillery Store [right] after the earthquake in Port Royal, Kingston.

Smith shop and workshop Port Royal, after earthquake

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Photograph showing a building with broken windows, cracked walls and other structural damages, from the 1907 earthquake in Port Royal, Kingston.

Train lines damaged after earthquake, outside tank, Port Royal

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Men standing by a section of a railway in Port Royal that has been uprooted from the earth by the 1907 earthquake. in 1907. Fallen buildings and debris can also be seen in the background.

Victoria Battery, Port Royal

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A view of the partially sunken cartridge store in Port Royal, Jamaica.