Canal boat or barge on deck of steamship MELBOURNE, New York, NY, February 18, 1902

gelatin glass negative

Gelatin glass negative of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co., New York; neg. #1006; canal boat or barge on deck of steamship MELBOURNE, February 18, 1902; see related photographs 1964.660.192-195, 2008.28.3.214, and 2008.28.4.445-449 (2008.28.4.449 camera copy); see accession file for reference from "Marine Engineering", Vol. VII, April 1902, "The steamship Melbourne belonging to the Philippine Transportation and Construction Company recently left New York for Manila with a general cargo and nineteen steam barges. These barges will be used as steam lighters in the harbor of Manila and elsewhere about the islands for transferring freight from ships to land."