Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Destruction of the Steamer OCEAN WAVE on Lake Ontario

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Drawings
Description
A woodcut engraving of an artist's reconstruction of the burning of the steamboat OCEAN WAVE for the New York Illustrated News of May 21, 1853. In the distance to the bow and stern are the schooners GEORGIANA and EMBLEM.
Inscriptions
"Destruction of the Steamer OCEAN WAVE on Lake Ontario -- Description on Page 330"
Publisher
New York Illustrated News
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Date of Original
1853
Subject(s)
Drowning
Fires
Passengers
Shipwrecks
Schooners
Ocean Wave (steamboat)
Collection
Brendon Baillod
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Lake Ontario
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.9255936635507 Longitude: -76.7861938476563
Copyright Statement
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Destruction of the Steamer OCEAN WAVE on Lake Ontario


A woodcut engraving of an artist's reconstruction of the burning of the steamboat OCEAN WAVE for the New York Illustrated News of May 21, 1853. In the distance to the bow and stern are the schooners GEORGIANA and EMBLEM.