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| Title | Steamships being built at Moran Brothers shipyard, Seattle, 1898 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 |
| Date | 1898 |
| Caption | The Klondike gold rush brought lots of business to the Moran Brothers shipyard. In 1898, the company built twelve steamers to carry people and supplies on the Yukon River. The vessels were 175 feet long and 35 feet wide. They were built to be used in shallow river water, but they also had to be sturdy enough to make the ocean voyage to Alaska in the first place.
This 1898 photo, taken by Anders B. Wilse, shows the Yukon River steamers built in Seattle by Moran Brothers. All twelve steamers were built at the same time, and they traveled to Alaska together. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Wilse Photo, Seattle. Building 12 Yukon Steamers.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Steamboats--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1988.33.217 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Anders B. Wilse Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Anders B. Wilse Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; stained, discolored yellow |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 669 |
