Charlemagne Tower Jr.

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dc.contributor.author Unknown en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Great Lakes en_US
dc.coverage.temporal ca. 1886 -- 18 r en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-09-23T10:11:08Z
dc.date.available 2008-09-23T10:11:08Z
dc.date.created n.d. en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-09-23T10:11:08Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1565
dc.description The CHARLEMAGNE TOWER JR. was built in 1886 by Thomas Quayle's Sons at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Charlemagne Tower Jr. is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 255 feet, and a width of 40 feet. It displaces 1825 tons, and has a load capacity of 1543 tons. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Foundered after seams opened during gale and blizzard, March 6, 1914, off Seaside, NJ; no lives lost. Crew of 18 rescued by whaleback propeller BAYPORT; vessel bound from Norfolk, VA, for Boston, MA with cargo of coal. Had put into Hampton Roads, VA, with engine problems, then continued on voyage. The photograph shows the Charlemagne Tower Jr. under way on the Great Lakes. 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 Frederickson 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 Charlemagne Tower Jr. en_US
dc.type 3 x 5 Black & White Print en_US
dc.contributor.repository Frederickson 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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