Boiler of the Freighter "Indiana" Emerges from Lake Superior
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: July 1979
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, Folder: September 1979
The boiler of the freighter "Indiana" is raised from the bottom of Lake Superior, where the ship sank in 1858. 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.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in the "Torch," September 1979. See also Neg. #s SIA2011-1334, SIA 2011-1335 and SIA2011-1336.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, Folder: September 1979
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 1979
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Superior, Lake
SIA2011-1337
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Photographic print