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Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works, foot of Palmer street, Kensington, Philadelphia.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perseverance (Ship).
- Boats and boating.
- Commerce.
- Docks.
- Factories.
- Harbors.
- Industries.
- Sailing.
- Sails.
- Ships.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 advertisement).
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : Brett's Lith. Press, [approximately 1854]
- Summary:
- Advertisement showing several marine vessels docked in front of the engine & boiler works complex at the busy river front. Complex contains several buildings, including a "boiler works," "iron foundry," "machine shop," and a "black smith shop." Teams of several horses haul materials on trucks past the boiler works. Labourers work on the docks, piers, and boats at the complex. Docked vessels include the tug boats, Lion and Reliance, the steamboats Carolina, Edwin Forrest, and Perseverance, along with paddleboats and a sailboat.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: LCP463739
- The Bridgeman Art Library is the copyright holder, or authorised representative of the copyright holder, for all photographic transparencies in the Bridgeman Art Library.The advertisement is located at the Library Company of Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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