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Launching a River Barge

1925

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Launching a River Barge
  • Title
  • Launching a River Barge
  • Creator
  • Altwater & Brothers Photographers
  • Identifier
  • MSP33.B007.F05.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP33.B007.F05.I04
  • Description
  • Description of the photograph reads, “LAUNCHING A RIVER BARGE – View of a J & L gondola barge being launched from the Jones & Laughlin boat yards in Pittsburgh. All modern river barges are built of steel and are designed for various specific purposes. Some are mad for transporting cola, others for sand and gravel, and still others for carrying cargoes which would be damaged by exposure to the elements.”
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.Pittsburgh Works.Barge Construction Yard.
    Barges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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