Maritime History of the Great Lakes

A Lumber Tow

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
Photograph of a small fleet of vessels tied up at a wooden pier about 1890. The steam barge H. HOUGHTEN is centre-left. Inside her is the schooner MAIZE. A plank leads from the deck of the MAIZE to another schooner lying alongside the pier. Another steam barge lies behind the HOUGHTEN with steam up. At the far end of the pier is the BAHAMA with a steamer looming behind her.

The image is titled a Lumber Tow by the Detroit Pubishing Company even though there is currently no lumber in sight.
Notes
The H. HOUGHTEN was launched in 1889 and had her pilot house moved to the forecastle in 1891.
Inscriptions
02111- A LUMBER TOW
Publisher
Detroit Publishing Company
Date of Original
c1890
Subject(s)
Lumber industry
Piers & wharves
Schooners
Maize (Schooner)
Bahama (Barge)
H. Houghton (Propeller)
Language of Item
English
Creative Commons licence
Attribution only [more details]
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
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A Lumber Tow


Photograph of a small fleet of vessels tied up at a wooden pier about 1890. The steam barge H. HOUGHTEN is centre-left. Inside her is the schooner MAIZE. A plank leads from the deck of the MAIZE to another schooner lying alongside the pier. Another steam barge lies behind the HOUGHTEN with steam up. At the far end of the pier is the BAHAMA with a steamer looming behind her.

The image is titled a Lumber Tow by the Detroit Pubishing Company even though there is currently no lumber in sight.