Boat assembly, Congo, ca. 1912-1915

Black and white lantern slide showing a partially built ship sitting on the land on wooden tracks, in the process of being assembled. A European missionary (possibly Edward Algernon Ruskin) sits on the stern of the boat, surrounded by Congolese labourers. Another European missionary stands on deck, and labourers stand on the ground below the ship, where construction equipment and parts are scattered. The boat has two levels, so is possibly the S.S Livingstone, a boat built and teasted in Ireland and presumably shipped to the Congo in parts. The S.S Livingstone was to be a passenger ferry, travelling along the Congo River between Kinshasa (formerly Leopoldville) and Brazzaville. This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission, a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900.

本黑白玻璃幻灯片展示了一艘处于组装阶段的未完工船舶，停靠在陆地的木质轨道之上。一位欧洲传教士（疑似爱德华·阿尔杰农·拉斯金）坐于船尾，身旁环绕着刚果籍劳工；另有一名欧洲传教士立于甲板，船下地面同样站有数名劳工，现场散落着施工设备与船体构件。该船共有两层结构，推测为利文斯顿号（S.S Livingstone）——此船在爱尔兰建造并完成试航，后被拆解为部件运抵刚果。利文斯顿号原计划作为客运渡轮，往返于刚果河上的金沙萨（前利奥波德维尔）与布拉柴维尔之间。本幻灯片出自刚果巴洛洛传教团（Congo Balolo Mission）传教士的影像藏品集，该传教团于1889年由东伦敦国内外传教培训学院（East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions）创立，1900年后发展为跨宗派福音传教机构边远地区传教联盟（Regions Beyond Missionary Union）。