Virginia, Newport News--Even-keel submarine boat Lake launched Feb. 27, 1906 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Virginia, Newport News--Even-keel submarine boat Lake launched Feb. 27, 1906 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Virginia, Newport News--Even-keel submarine boat Lake launched Feb. 27, 1906
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Few early submarines were launched with the Lake's distinctive "even-keel" design, which Simon Lake built to keep the hull level as the boat moved, a principle he pursued for years. This photograph records the launch at Newport News, Virginia, on February 27, 1906, when the shipyard was becoming a major center for naval and commercial construction. The Lake Torpedo Boat Company, which issued the print under its copyright, was one of several American firms then experimenting with undersea craft, and its work helped shape the submarines that followed. The image offers a rare look at one of those early experiments taking shape on the Virginia waterfront.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by Lake Torpedo Boat Co. No. 1923. |
| Subjects | Submarines--Virginia--Newport News--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,122 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161362 |
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