Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Ice Hills on the Pier, Oswego, N. Y.

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Wood engravings
Description
Woodcut engraving of the port of Oswego in the winter of 1856. From the linked article: "In this sketch, a part of Fort Ontario is seen in the distance. At the right hand is a monster store-house, capable of containing two hundred and fifty thousand bushels of wheat, besides twenty-five hundred barrels, the latter on the first floor. In the centre of the foreground, and at the left hand of it, it will be seen that the fronzen basin has been safely used as a lumber yard."
Inscriptions
Ice Hills on the Pier, Oswego, N. Y.
Publisher
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Place of Publication
New York
Date of Original
22 Mar 1856
Subject(s)
Grain elevators
Ice
Lighthouses
Lumberyards
Piers & wharves
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Oswego
    New York, United States
    Latitude: 43.45535 Longitude: -76.5105
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Ice Hills on the Pier, Oswego, N. Y.


Woodcut engraving of the port of Oswego in the winter of 1856. From the linked article: "In this sketch, a part of Fort Ontario is seen in the distance. At the right hand is a monster store-house, capable of containing two hundred and fifty thousand bushels of wheat, besides twenty-five hundred barrels, the latter on the first floor. In the centre of the foreground, and at the left hand of it, it will be seen that the fronzen basin has been safely used as a lumber yard."