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Brown electric hoist, unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y. – Historic Print

Brown electric hoist, unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y., c1908. — historic photograph
Brown electric hoist, unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y., c1908.. Historic photograph from the Buffalo collection.

(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 Brown electric hoist, unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Brown electric hoist, unloading ore, Buffalo, N.Y.

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Few sights on the Buffalo waterfront were as busy as an ore boat being emptied at the piers, and this view captures a brown electric hoist at work on the freighter *E.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNo. 183 Clif." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070300. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsE.J. Earling (Freighter) Ore industry. Shipping. Cargo ships. Piers & wharves. Hoisting machinery.United States--New York (State)--Buffalo.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71885

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