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Whirlwind at Exeter, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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Whirlwind at Exeter, [in Devon], 1850. Depiction of '...an extraordinary phenomenon, witnessed by...Mr. Webber, landlord of the Port Royal Inn...Mr. Webber states that...his attention was arrested by a loud rushing sound...he saw large stones, dust, &c. taken up as in a whirlwind...This revolving column gradually drew towards a small punt afloat in the adjacent river, and moored to a post by the bank; the boat was then lifted as high in the air as the painter [mooring rope] would allow, and was held there by the force of the wind, spinning round like a top...The column then seemed to have expended its strength, and fell, so to speak, in water, with the noise of a ton weight, dashing and stirring up the bed of the river with foam...What renders this occurrence the more remarkable is, that at the time scarcely a breath of wind was stirring, and the sky was nearly cloudless'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A36_102

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Droits gérés

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43,7Mo (3,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 26,1cm / 4960 x 3078 (300dpi)

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weather storm transport transportation exterior outdoors river water unusual building buildings England house houses wind boat boats British geography devon windy inn Victorian century Britain newspapers press concept cyclone natural phenomena B&W natural phenomenon tornado whirlwind engraved engraving 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Exeter geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN outside newspaper Unknown 19th-century Port Royal Inn