Coffer dam on hull of damaged steamship GEORGE W. CLYDE, probably Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 9, 1896

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Erie Basin
1896-03-09
paper
4-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.2 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten in album "Coffer dam on SS 'Geo. W. Clyde'/ Mar 9th 1896"; coffer dam on hull of damaged steamship GEORGE W. CLYDE, probably Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 9, 1896; see related photographs 1964.660.66 and 2008.28.2.190-197; see New York Times article March 1, 1896, for account of marine accidents in fog.


2008.28.2.197

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