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Ship building scenes at Wilmington(?), Del., 1892: EDGERTON at wharf and NUTMEG STATE on stocks – Antique Photo Print

Ship building scenes at Wilmington(?), Del., 1892: EDGERTON at wharf and NUTMEG STATE on stocks, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Ship building scenes at Wilmington(?), Del., 1892: EDGERTON at wharf and NUTMEG STATE on stocks, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Two vessels named in the caption anchor this view: the EDGERTON tied up at a wharf, and the NUTMEG STATE on the stocks, where a hull was framed and plated before launching. The title places the scene at Wilmington, Delaware, though the question mark signals that the location is not firmly confirmed, and the 1892 date comes from the title because the card records no date. Wilmington was a center of iron and steel shipbuilding in the late nineteenth century, and views like this one show the stages of hull construction that kept many workers busy along the river.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships; Del.--Wilmington?; Industry--Boats...; Geogr.; Ships--Building; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,133 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146237

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