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PRINTS - ENGRAVINGS
Cozzens, Frederic Schiller
USA, OH, Cleveland
April 13, 1889
16.00 x 22.00 x 0

Double page spread of wood engravings by Fred. S. Cozzens in "Harper's Weekly" supplement, 4/13/1889, depicting "COMMERCE ON THE GREAT LAKES." Individual scenes, top to bottom: THE 'MINERAL ROCKS'; BUILT IN 1852, TO STEAM 10 MILES AN HOUR."; "THE 'PEWABIC', OF WHITING'S LINE; BUILT IN 1862; LOST BY COLLISION WITH HER SISTER SHIP THE 'METIER' ON LAKE HURON."; "THE 'CUMBERLAND'; BUILT IN 1881; CARRYING CAPACITY, 1900 TONS; SPEED, 10 MILES AN HOUR."; "THE NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OHIO RAILROAD DOCK AT CELVELAND, OHIO, SHOWING THE OPERATION OF THE BROWN PATENT MOVABLE BRIDGE TRAMWAY SYSTEM FOR THE RAPID HANDLING OF COAL AND ORE."; "THE 'NEOSHO'; BUILT IN 1888; CARRYING CAPACITY, 2400 TONS; SPEED, 14 MILES AN HOUR."; "THE 'JOHN CRAIG'; BUILT IN 1888 ON THE LOCK BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE SAULT SAINTE MARIE RIVER; CARRYING CAPACITY, 2200 TONS; SPEED, 10 MILES AN HOUR."; "THE 'CORSICA'; BUILT IN 1888; CARRYING CAPACITY, 2800 TONS; SPEED, 14 MILES AN HOUR."

METIER freighter
1982.117.10