Floating derrick raising freight steamer LIME ROCK, sunk at Pier 3, East River, New York, NY, December 1904

gelatin silver print

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.9 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten in negative lower left "1799"; floating derrick raising freight steamer LIME ROCK, sunk at Pier 3, East River, New York, NY, December 1904; Ref: Page 355 of report of 59th Congress, 1st Term, December 4 1905-June 30, 1906, House Document Vol 26, Government Printing Office 1906
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