Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898
At Five Finger Rapids, the Yukon River divided into five channels around four islands. This was so tricky to navigate that a permanent cable was anchored in the rocky side of one channel and ships pulled themselves through. This photo, taken around 1898 by Eric Hegg, shows the steamboat "W.K. M...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7025 2023-05-15T18:45:56+02:00 Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898 Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948 Five Finger Rapids (Yukon); Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) Scanned from original photograph 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/7025 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs15884 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7025 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Gold rushes Rapids Rivers Steamboats W.K. Merwin (Ship) image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:11Z At Five Finger Rapids, the Yukon River divided into five channels around four islands. This was so tricky to navigate that a permanent cable was anchored in the rocky side of one channel and ships pulled themselves through. This photo, taken around 1898 by Eric Hegg, shows the steamboat "W.K. Merwin" headed upstream. In other versions of this photo, one can see the cable attached to the vessel. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w; 20 x 25 cm. Other/Unknown Material Yukon river Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Hegg ENVELOPE(9.638,9.638,63.619,63.619) Steamboat ENVELOPE(-123.720,-123.720,58.683,58.683) Four Islands ENVELOPE(-108.218,-108.218,56.050,56.050) |
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Gold rushes Rapids Rivers Steamboats W.K. Merwin (Ship) |
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Gold rushes Rapids Rivers Steamboats W.K. Merwin (Ship) Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948 Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898 |
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Gold rushes Rapids Rivers Steamboats W.K. Merwin (Ship) |
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At Five Finger Rapids, the Yukon River divided into five channels around four islands. This was so tricky to navigate that a permanent cable was anchored in the rocky side of one channel and ships pulled themselves through. This photo, taken around 1898 by Eric Hegg, shows the steamboat "W.K. Merwin" headed upstream. In other versions of this photo, one can see the cable attached to the vessel. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w; 20 x 25 cm. |
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Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948 |
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Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948 |
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Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948 |
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Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898 |
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Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898 |
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Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898 |
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Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898 |
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Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898 |
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steamboat "w.k. merwin" coming up five finger rapids, ca. 1898 |
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Five Finger Rapids (Yukon); Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska) |
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ENVELOPE(9.638,9.638,63.619,63.619) ENVELOPE(-123.720,-123.720,58.683,58.683) ENVELOPE(-108.218,-108.218,56.050,56.050) |
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Yukon Hegg Steamboat Four Islands |
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Yukon Hegg Steamboat Four Islands |
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Yukon river Alaska Yukon |
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Yukon river Alaska Yukon |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs15884 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7025 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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