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Steamship PORTLAND in the ice, location unknown, ca. 1899
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| Title | Steamship PORTLAND in the ice, location unknown, ca. 1899 |
| Photographer | Warner, Arthur Churchill, 1864-1943 |
| Date | ca. 1899 |
| Notes | The PORTLAND was built at Bath, Maine, and entered service in 1885. She sold weapons, cannons and ammunition, to the Hippolyte Rebellion in Haiti while in service there, but was seized by the Legitime for doing so. The Legitime eventually released her, but tried to sink her by ramming. The PORTLAND was also used to smuggle opium and Chinese workers. After she sailed into Seattle with 1.5 short tons of gold, worth around $964, 000, on July 17, 1897, the Klondike Gold Rush began. She was caught in ice on her way north on June 3, 1902, and feared lost, but arrived in St. Michael, Alaska, on July 12, 1902. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
On verso of image: PORTLAND
Warner [2156]
Filed in Alaska series. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Ships--Alaska; Ice--Alaska |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Portland (Steamship) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska |
| Digital Collection | Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs
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| Order Number | WAR0613 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Arthur Churchill Warner Photograph Collection. PH Coll 273 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | b&w |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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