"Beam strap for steamer PURITAN"

photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Liebich
USA, OH, Cleveland
circa 1888
paper
card 16 x 20 in.; photograph 10-1/4 x 13 in.

Albumen print mounted on card; forge yard, with workers posing with large beam strap for sidewheel steamer PURITAN (built 1888, Chester, PA.); photographer's name printed on cardboard mount lower, "Liebich's Photo, Cleveland, O."; printed on mount across bottom, "BEAM STRAP FOR STEAMER 'PURITAN.'/ LENGTH OVERALL, 36 ft. 6 in. WIDTH OVER ALL, 16 ft. 8 in. LENGTH BETWEEN END CENTERS, 34 ft./ MAIN SECTION OF SIDES 10-3/4 in. x 11-3/8 in. FINISHED WEIGHT, 36,310 lbs./ FORGED AND FINISHED BY THE CLEVELAND C ITY FORGE & IRON CO. CLEVELAND, O."

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