Alfred
John West was a pioneer photographer and cinematographer
who took some of the earliest pictures of Turbinia
The information on Turbinia
was based on Ken Smith's excellent book " The
Story of Charles Parsons and his Ocean Greyhound",published
in 1994 by Newcastle upon Tyne Community and Leisure Services and
Tyne and Wear Museums. The ISBN for this book is 1 85795 077 1
Other material is from Birr Castle Archives and Ireland's Historic
Science Centre, based at Birr Castle Demesne. |
