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  • Tags: Port Royal (Kingston, Jamaica)

Plumb Point Lighthouse

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Photograph of the Plumb Point Lighthouse (built in 1853) with the ruins of two brick structures alongside the lighthouse. It is located at Great Plumb Point near the entrance of the Kingston Harbour.

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Port Royal by Kidd ca. 1840

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A view of Port Royal taken from the harbour.

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Method of excavation used at Port Royal after 1692

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Diagram showing the method of excavation used at Port Royal after the 1692 earthquake.

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Port Royal excavation

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Drawing showing method used by divers of Port Royal and elsewhere in the West Indies for raising small vessels.

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Garrison Port Royal

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Buildings on the grounds of the Port Royal garrison.

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Naval Station Port Royal

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Port Royal showing the naval station and dockyard.

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Earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica 7 June 1692

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Depiction of the Port Royal earthquake on June 7, 1692.

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Port Royal Naval Hospital & lookout tower, Kingston & St. Andrew

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Subsidence

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Land sinking at a section of Port Royal after earthquake in 1907.

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Submergence

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Prince George Battery, Port Royal, submerged by earthquake in 1907.

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