Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Scene at the American Canal

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
Three tugs raising the water in the lock, by the working of their wheels, to lift a barge too deeply loaded.
Notes
Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899
Publisher
J. H. Beers & Co.
Place of Publication
Chicago
Date of Original
1899
Subject(s)
Barges
Locks (Canals)
Tugboats
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
Copyright Statement
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Scene at the American Canal


Three tugs raising the water in the lock, by the working of their wheels, to lift a barge too deeply loaded.