| dc.contributor.author |
Unknown |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial |
Welland Ship Canal; Lock 3 |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal |
ca. 1893 -- 1905 |
en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2008-09-23T10:07:41Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2008-09-23T10:07:41Z |
|
| dc.date.created |
1946/06/14 |
en_US |
| dc.date.issued |
2008-09-23T10:07:41Z |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/873 |
|
| dc.description |
The VEGA was built in 1893 by Globe Iron Works at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Vega is a steel hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 301 feet, and a width of 38 feet. It displaces 2143 tons, and has a load capacity of 1734 tons. It entered service in the year 1893 under the ownership of Vega Steamship Co. (Maytham & Drake, Mgrs.) of Cleveland, OH U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Stranded on North Fox Island on November 28, 1905, and broke in two, a total loss. No lives lost. Was downbound from Escanaba, MI, with cargo of iron ore at time of loss. The photograph shows the Vega at Welland Ship Canal; Lock 3. 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 Brookes 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 |
Vega |
en_US |
| dc.type |
2 x 3 Black & White Print |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.repository |
Brookes |
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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