Boiler of Freighter "Indiana" Placed on a Truck for Transport

Summary

• The boiler of the freighter "Indiana" is placed on a truck for transport after having been retrieved from the bottom of Lake Superior. The salvage effort was jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Navy and the Army Corps of Engineers. Artifacts were sent to the National Museum of American History's collections storage at the Museum Support Center.
• The "Indiana" was built in 1848. The "Indiana" was powered by a steam engine of very early and historic design. The engine turned a unique Erickson Screw Propeller. The Indiana was originally in the passenger service on the lower lakes and after the Soo Locks were opened transported iron ore on Lake Superior. It foundered on June 6, 1858 off Crisp Point in heavy weather after it started leaking badly around the propeller shaft. It was down-bound hauling a cargo of iron ore loaded at Marquette, Michigan at the time.

Subject

• United States Dept. of the Navy
• Indiana (Ship)
• United States Army Corps of Engineers
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Museum Support Center

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," September 1979. See also Neg. #s SIA2011-1334, SIA 2011-1335 and SIA2011-1337.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, Folder: September 1979

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

July 1979

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Trucks
• Artifacts
• Boats and boating
• Salvage archaeology
• Antiquities
• Preservation
• Cooperation
• Transportation
• Boilers
• Ships

Place

Superior, Lake

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Object

ID Number

SIA2011-1336 and 79-10149-37

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 10w x 8h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Photographic print

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