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Fountain City
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| Title: | Fountain City |
| 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 FOUNTAIN CITY was built in 1857 by Peck & Masters at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Fountain City is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 209 feet, and a width of 30 feet. It displaces 820 tons. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Partially burned at coal dock, Sturgeon Bay, WI, on May 5, 1896; declared a total loss. Final enrollment surrendered at Chicago, IL, May 16, 1896, and endorsed "vessel burned." The photograph shows the Fountain City 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. 1857 -- 1896 |
| Type: | 3 x 4 Black & White Print |
| Language: | Language Not Specified |
| Persistent URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/825 |
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