View of Nelson's Pillar with horse-drawn tram.

View of Nelson's Pillar with horse-drawn tram.

Pillars

Nelson's pillar.

Lantern slide of depicting a horse-drawn tram at the base of Nelson's pillar. Nelson Pillar, which was usually referred to as 'the pillar', was a large granite structure on which stood a statue of Horatio Nelson. It was built in 1809 and was erected on modern day O'Connell Street, then Sackville Street. It commemorated the victory of Nelson over the Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar square. The pillar was blown up by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) On 8th March 1966.Today the site of Nelsons Pillar is occupied by the Dublin Spire officially titled the Monument of Light. Originally catalouged as 'D3 VIII, 83' with no further labelling.

Betty Maguire

The Discovery Programme

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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RSAI Lantern Slide, Box 16

BOX16_017

11/06/15

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

RSAI Lantern slide collection

7559 x 7559 pixels

Lantern slides

Country: Ireland

County: Dublin

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Town: Dublin City

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Irish National Grid East: 15

Irish National Grid North: 35

Position Source: www.logainm.ie

Latitude: 53.349816

Longitude: -6.260264

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