Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum

Parent Collections

Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Title

Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum

Photographer

McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963.

Date Created

1955-01-26

Description

January 26, 1955. The bow of the steamship Ticonderoga, is seen here. The entire ship is seated and welded to a wheeled cradle upon which the ship will be moved along the double railroad tracks laid before it. The cradle had been submerged in a man made basin that was flooded, the boat positioned over the cradle and then the basin drained allowing the boat to come to rest on the cradle. Photo 106.

Subject

Landscape photography.

Railroad tracks.

Ticonderoga (Steamship).

Shelburne (Vt.).

Steamboats.

Extent

1 image

Note [Digital Version]

2008-07-24, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Genre

photographs,black-and-white photographs

Type of Resource

still image

Source Document Location

University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.

Shelf Location

Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box A18, Folder 02, Item 14

Publisher

University of Vermont, Silver Special Collections Library

Access Conditions

In Copyright

Access Conditions [Local]

For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libaries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.

Identifier [Local]

mcalA18F02i14

Digital Format

image/tiff

Digital Format

Photographs/Color: 24 bits; 600 ppi