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Title
Steamboat, U. S. Navy Yards, 1864
Creator
Bonsall, I. H., 1833-1909, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1864
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
United States Civil War
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a steamboat being built; the framing for the hull sits on the slipways. There are a number of workmen standing either next to or inside the unfinished hull. Just beyond are two vessels, a steamboat not yet completed, and the Steamboat Bridgeport.
Title from mount.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 print : albumen ; print 25.1 x 33.2 cm (9 7/8 x 13 1/16 in.) ; overall 33 x 43 cm (13 x 16 15/16 in.)
Identifier
photCL 491 (48)
184791
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/869
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Navy-yards and naval stations--United States
Shipbuilding--Tennessee--Chattanooga
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities
Albumen prints. (aat)
Place
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Source
Isaac Bonsall Collection of Photographs.
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library

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