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[The Great dry docks, Charleston Naval ship yard, Charleston, S.C.] – Antique Print

[The Great dry docks, Charleston Naval ship yard, Charleston, S.C.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[The Great dry docks, Charleston Naval ship yard, Charleston, S.C.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Charleston 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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Step back in time with [The Great dry docks, Charleston Naval ship yard, Charleston, S.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[The Great dry docks, Charleston Naval ship yard, Charleston, S.C.]

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This view of the great dry docks at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, on the Cooper River, shows the engineering that let the Navy lift warships fully out of the water for hull repair, cleaning and painting. The yard grew rapidly after the federal government established it in the early twentieth century, and its docks were central to keeping Atlantic Fleet vessels in service. The negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely between about 1890 and 1920 recording American cities, industry and public works. Its glass plate format gives the scene a sharp, detailed record of the yard's industrial scale.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 7896" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500315. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsNaval yards & naval stations.United States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74714

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