Peter Langgaard's Boat

Langgaard's boat The Orca. Penned on the photo: Orca (twice) and Oct 23, 1913. The typed text glued to the back reads: In 1913 Peter Langgaard, a Danish seaman, cast off in a 90-horsepower boat, Orca, and after a narrow escape in the rapids was rescued in the whirlpool as he exclaimed 'I c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunlap, Orrin E.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 1913
Subjects:
Vessels > Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) > 1910-1920
Daredevils > 1910-1920
Orca
Online Access:http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15004coll9/id/1803
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Summary:Langgaard's boat The Orca. Penned on the photo: Orca (twice) and Oct 23, 1913. The typed text glued to the back reads: In 1913 Peter Langgaard, a Danish seaman, cast off in a 90-horsepower boat, Orca, and after a narrow escape in the rapids was rescued in the whirlpool as he exclaimed 'I couldn't hold out much longer.'

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