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Hesper
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| Title: | Hesper |
| Alternative Title: | No Alternative Title |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Series Title: | No Series |
| Date: | n.d. |
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| Publisher: | Historical Collections of the Great Lakes |
| Description: | The HESPER was built in 1890 by William R. Radcliffe at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Hesper is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 250 feet, and a width of 41 feet. It displaces 1858 tons, and has a load capacity of 1539 tons. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Stranded at Beaver Bay, north shore of Lake Superior, May 5, 1905, during heavy weather and poor visibility; went to pieces. No lives lost. The photograph shows the Hesper under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website |
| Subject: | ships -- great lakes -- n. america; ships -- great lakes -- Ohio |
| Coverage Spatial: | Great Lakes |
| Coverage Temporal: | ca. 1890 -- 1905 |
| Type: | 3 x 6 Black & White Print |
| Language: | Language Not Specified |
| Persistent URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1502 |
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