Floating derrick CENTURY assisting with raising steamship SIXAOLA partially capsized at Pier 9, Hoboken, NJ, June 3, 1919

gelatin silver print

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "6363", and on album page "RAISING S.S. 'SIXAOLA' PIER (9) HOBOKEN, N.J., June 3RD, 1919."; floating derrick CENTURY assisting with raising steamship SIXAOLA partially capsized at Pier 9, Hoboken, NJ, June 3, 1919; vessel caught fire while loading for next voyage, 2 lives lost; see also G.W. Blunt White Library Manuscripts Collection 1, Box 25, Folder 5; see accession file for reference to accident; see related photographs 2008.28.8.412-426, 461-470.