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- One pencil sketch by Vernon Howe Bailey. The sketch shows the Great Lakes Engineering Works shipyard in Ecorse, Michigan, with the steamship, Coules, under construction. Workmen, materials, cranes and equipment can also be seen in the sketch. A handwritten note near the lower left corner shows "Fitting Out." The sketch is signed in the lower right corner, "Vernon Howe Bailey, Ecorse, 19."
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of the launch of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company freighter HARVARD on the grounds of the Detroit Ship Building Company, as taken from off of its port quarter. The freighter has been side-launched into a slip, and water splashed from beneath it. A group of people brace themselves on board the freighter near its stern. A group of spectators watch from the scaffolding beside the slip, and below near the edge of the slip.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of a woman posing beside a slip on the grounds of the Detroit Ship Building Company, with the nearly completed City of Detroit Fire Department fire tug JAMES BATTLE on a launch ramp on the opposite shore of the slip. Scaffolding supporting tracks and a crane stands in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the Wyandotte Transportation Company freighter WYANDOTTE, in drydock undergoing a lengthening at Great Lakes Engineering Works, taken peering inside of the hull from where the removed bow would have been. The photo is mounted on beige cardboard with a decorative brown border. "Fred Mogk, Photographer, 23 Henry St. River Rouge - Michigan," is stamped, and "Str. Wyandotte, Lengthened in 1910, Great Lakes Engineering Works" is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken immediately after the launch of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company freighter HARVARD on the grounds of the Detroit Ship Building Company, as taken from off of its port quarter. The freighter float in a slip, having just been side launched. A group of people stand on board the freighter near its stern. A group of spectators are in the foreground at the edge of the slip. Several other people watch from the scaffolding beside the slip.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the launch of the U.S. Shipping Board cargo freighter CRAWL KEYS at Great Lakes Engineering Works, taken from across the slip its being side launched into, off of its port bow. A banner, blurred by the motion of the launch, is hung at midship on the vessel's port side; its discernible portion reads, "A World's Record, This Ship Launched [...]," referring to the freighter's record setting 29 day construction period. A crowd has gathered in the background at the end of the slip, beneath a building with a large "Great Lakes Engineering Works" sign on its roof. "7-29-1918," is printed near the bottom center of the image. The photo is mounted on beige cardboard with a decorative brown border. "Fred Mogk, Photographer, 23 Henry St. River Rouge - Michigan," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned mounted photo of the workers of Great Lakes Engineering Works' Pipefitting Department posed outside of the complex's Pipefitting Department building. The workers are predominately clad in overalls and caps, and they pose among valves and pipes beneath the building's stenciled "Pipefitting Dept." sign. "10-10-1918," is printed in the bottom center of the photo. The photo is mounted on beige cardboard with a decorative brown border. "Fred Mogk, Photographer, 23 Henry St. River Rouge - Michigan," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of the side-launch of the City of Detroit Fire Department fire tug JAMES BATTLE into a slip on the grounds of the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, as taken from the opposite side of the canal off of the boat's starboard bow. Water splashes around the tug. Scaffolding supporting tracks and a crane stands in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One pencil sketch by Vernon Howe Bailey. The sketch shows a creek in the foreground with a shipyard in the background. One steamship is moored to a wharf and three others are under construction nearby. Cranes and factory buildings can also be seen in the distance. A handwritten note near the lower left corner shows "View across Ashtabula Creek." The sketch is signed in the lower right corner, "Vernon Howe Bailey, Ashtabula, 19."
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
