Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Dry Docks and Repair Yard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company, Detroit, Michigan. Foot of Orleans Street

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Prints
Description
The shipyard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company with a collection of ships in the yard including the propeller W. A. HASKELL, a sidewheeler, a four masted schooner, and the barge JOHN DOYLE. Along the waterfront is the tug JOHN OWEN, the propeller W. J. AVERILL.
Notes
Illustration from History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present (Detroit: Silas Farmer & Co., 1890) 3rd edition.
Inscriptions
Dry Docks and Repair Yard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company, Detroit, Michigan. Foot of Orleans Street
Publisher
Silas Farmer & Co.
Place of Publication
Detroit
Date of Original
1890
Subject(s)
Boat & ship industry
Piers & wharves
John Doyle (barge)
William J. Averell (steamboat)
W. A. Haskell (steamboat)
John Owen (tug)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Detroit
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 42.33143 Longitude: -83.04575
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Dry Docks and Repair Yard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company, Detroit, Michigan. Foot of Orleans Street


The shipyard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company with a collection of ships in the yard including the propeller W. A. HASKELL, a sidewheeler, a four masted schooner, and the barge JOHN DOYLE. Along the waterfront is the tug JOHN OWEN, the propeller W. J. AVERILL.