Steamship W. GRANT MORDEN ready for launching, Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada, April 4, 1914

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
Canada, Ontario, Port Arthur
1914-04-04
paper
7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper right "LAUNCHING 'S.S. W. GRANT MORDEN/ April 4-14. PORT ARTHUR ONT./ CANADA/ LENGTH 627 Feet Boom 59 Feet/ CARGO CAPACITY/ 13000 TONS"; port view of steamship W. GRANT MORDEN ready for launching from Western Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Port Arthur [Thunder Bay], Ontario, Canada, April 4, 1914, tugboat JAMES WHALEN in foreground; 2 men sitting on dock, ice in harbor; see related photographs 1928.28.7.1437-1441.

2008.28.7.1437