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Holyhead Mail Boat (1898)
 

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Pedestrians and harbour staff wait at a port. The mail boat Munster pulls in alongside the dock and more staff gather as the boat approaches. Men pull in the ropes from the boat and tie it to the dock. A gangplank is positioned and men cross onto the boat. One of them carries a trunk.