Elba

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dc.contributor.author Unknown en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Approaching Ambassador Bridge, on Detroit River en_US
dc.coverage.temporal ca. 1907 -- 1968 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-09-23T10:10:08Z
dc.date.available 2008-09-23T10:10:08Z
dc.date.created 1951/07/06 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-09-23T10:10:08Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1378
dc.description The ELBA was built in 1907 by American Ship Building Co. at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Elba is a steel hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 420 feet, and a width of 52 feet. It displaces 4963 tons, and has a load capacity of 3621 tons. It entered service in the year 1907 under the ownership of Lackawanna Steamship Co. (Pickands-Mather and Co., Mgrs.) of Cleveland, OH U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Sold summer, 1968, to Waterman Steamship Co., to be used as "trade-in" tonnage to U.S. Maritime Commission. Sold at public auction by the latter, December 4, 1968, for $27,000 to Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI, for use as floating dock. Towed up, Detroit, Dec. 10, 1968 by tug JOHN PURVES. The photograph shows the Elba at Approaching Ambassador Bridge, on Detroit River. More information about this vessel is available at the <a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page39984.html">HCGL Website</a> en_US
dc.language en_US en_US
dc.relation.ispartof HCGL Lake Carriers' Assn. Collection en_US
dc.rights World en_US
dc.rights.uri http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page41430.html en_US
dc.subject.lcsh ships -- great lakes -- n. america en_US
dc.subject.lcsh ships -- great lakes -- Ohio en_US
dc.title Elba en_US
dc.type 8 x 5 Black & White Print en_US
dc.contributor.repository Lake Carriers' Assn. en_US
dc.contributor.repository Historical Collections of the Great Lakes / Center for Archival Collections en_US
dc.publisher.digital Historical Collections of the Great Lakes en_US
dc.date.digitized 03/08/2000 en_US
dc.equipment.digitizing HP Scanjet 6200C en_US
dc.relation.hasformat Photographic Print en_US
dc.contributor.institution Bowling Green State University en_US

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