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

1954-12-30

Description

December 30, 1954. Engineers and surveyors signal and look through their instruments. On this date the flooding of a man made basin is taking place. The steamship Ticonderoga was pushed into the basin. The flooding allows the ship to rise as one million gallons of water per hour fill the basin. Surveyor calculations is the only way to position the ship precisely over a submerged wheeled cradle. Photo 84.

Subject

Landscape photography.

Construction workers.

Ticonderoga (Steamship).

Shelburne (Vt.).

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 12

Publisher

University of Vermont, Silver Special Collections Library

Date Captured

2008-07-24

Access Conditions

In Copyright

Access Conditions [Local]

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

Identifier [Local]

mcalA18F02i12

Digital Format

image/tiff

Digital Format

Photographs/Color: 24 bits; 600 ppi