Caption
Tugboat 'Celebes', Ocean Harbor Belawan, photograph, The tugboat 'Celebes' with smoking chimney. Numbered: 163. Part of the group of individual photographs regarding the construction of the harbor of Belawan on the coast off Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922., date: '25, 5-22', inscription: 'No 163 Tugboat 'Celebes'', Belawan, 1922-05-25, photographer, Sumatra, paper, daylight gelatin silver print, height 160 mm x width 220 mm, harbor, building-site, tug, pusher tug, economic history, overseas history, traffic and transport, infrastructure, dredging, Period, 1921 - 1922, A steamship with a tall smokestack emitting dark smoke is floating on calm water, its hull showing signs of wear and weathering and a small raised wheelhouse amidships, with several people visible on the deck near railings; a mast with rigging rises above the deck toward the bow, and the stern has a rounded cabin area. Along the shoreline behind the ship there are wooden buildings with pitched roofs, a low pier structure, and scattered industrial elements. The water in the foreground reflects the ship and sky in rippling patterns.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B07_456
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