Rudder and screws of S.S. IMPERATOR – Antique Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Rudder and screws of S.S. IMPERATOR in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Rudder and screws of S.S. IMPERATOR
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The rudder and propellers of the SS Imperator, the Hamburg America Line liner, are the focus here, a close look at the machinery that steered and drove one of the largest ships of its day. Built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg and launched in 1912, the Imperator was intended to compete for the Atlantic passenger trade with British rivals. The photograph comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news pictures from the early 1900s, and it shows the engineering behind a ship that later served as a troopship and then as the American transport USS Leviathan.
| Created / published | [1912?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 4657. |
| Subjects | Boat & ship industry--Germany--Hamburg--1910-1920. Ship equipment & rigging--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181326 |
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