Caption
Dredge reel on the deck of the George S. Blake, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'The forward side of the dredge reel and its engine. The reel having on it 2700 fathoms of the steel rope recommended by professor Alexander Agassiz.', name: 'Heliotype Printing Co., 220 Devonshire St., Boston.', number: 'Plate 32.', United States of America, printer (person): Heliotype Printing Company, Boston (Massachusetts), c. 1870 - in or before 1880, printer (person), North America, Massachusetts, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 168 mm x width 218 mm, ships (in general), dredge, dredging machine, A sepia-toned photograph showing a ship's deck with a large horizontal reel of rope mounted on a metal frame in the center foreground, coiled rope visible on the drum; machinery with gears and pipes sits beside the reel toward the left, and a railing with netting runs along the left edge; rigging lines, pulleys, and curved metal stanchions extend upward and diagonally across the scene; toward the right a tall cylindrical smokestack or funnel rises from the deck near a round hatch and a small boxy structure, with additional ropes and chains hanging nearby; the distant horizon and a calm water surface are visible through the rigging in the background; a printed border surrounds the image with a narrow band of text visible above and below the photograph.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B03_053
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47.7Mb (11.1Mb) / 14.6in x 12.7in / 4382 x 3803 (300dpi)