Work Starts on Turner Contemporary

Turner Contemporarys gallery will be placed on foundations built in Margate Harbour.

James Mallord William Turner was on board a Margate steamer to sketch the passage of HMSTemeraire as it was towed upriver by a smoke belching ''modern'' steam tug on 6 September 1838. The ''ship that saved Victory'' at the Battle of Trafalgar was on a last voyage to Beatson''s ship ...

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