Floating derrick MONARCH raising dredge PACIFIC, Delaware Bay, January 5, 1897

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
USA, Delaware River; USA, DE, Wilmington
1897-01-05
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; printed in negative lower left "265"; handwritten in negative at bottom "Dredge 'Pacific'/ Sunk Dec 20th in Delaware River of[f] Wilmington./ Raised by Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. Jan. 5th 1897."; from original negative 1964.660.69; duplicate of 2008.28.2.18; Ref: Norman Brouwer, 2010, "#265 derrick barge MONARCH raising the dredge PACIFIC sunk off Wilmington, Delaware, Dec. 20, 1896."

2008.28.3.30