Twelve Yukon steamers at Moran Brothers shipyard, 1898
The Klondike gold rush brought lots of business to the Moran Brothers shipyard. In 1898, the company built twelve steamers to carry people and supplies on the Yukon River. The vessels were 175 feet long and 35 feet wide. They were built to be used in shallow river water, but they also had to be stur...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/6443 2023-05-15T18:45:56+02:00 Twelve Yukon steamers at Moran Brothers shipyard, 1898 Wilse, Anders B. Seattle (Wash.) Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6443 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1988.33.271 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6443 Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Anders Beer Wilse Photographs Boat & ship industry Gold rushes Moran Brothers Company (Seattle Wash.) Ships photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:01Z The Klondike gold rush brought lots of business to the Moran Brothers shipyard. In 1898, the company built twelve steamers to carry people and supplies on the Yukon River. The vessels were 175 feet long and 35 feet wide. They were built to be used in shallow river water, but they also had to be sturdy enough to make the ocean voyage to Alaska in the first place. This 1898 photo, taken by Anders B. Wilse, shows the Yukon River steamers built in Seattle by Moran Brothers. All twelve steamers were built at the same time, and they traveled to Alaska together. Original title: Moran Bros. Co. Shipyard Seattle Building 12 Yukon steamers. 1 glass negative: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 in. Other/Unknown Material Yukon river Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon |
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The Klondike gold rush brought lots of business to the Moran Brothers shipyard. In 1898, the company built twelve steamers to carry people and supplies on the Yukon River. The vessels were 175 feet long and 35 feet wide. They were built to be used in shallow river water, but they also had to be sturdy enough to make the ocean voyage to Alaska in the first place. This 1898 photo, taken by Anders B. Wilse, shows the Yukon River steamers built in Seattle by Moran Brothers. All twelve steamers were built at the same time, and they traveled to Alaska together. Original title: Moran Bros. Co. Shipyard Seattle Building 12 Yukon steamers. 1 glass negative: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 in. |
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Twelve Yukon steamers at Moran Brothers shipyard, 1898 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Anders Beer Wilse Photographs |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1988.33.271 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6443 |
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Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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