Steam tugs, Columbus and Alert. Vessels of all classes towed to and from sea and about the harbor; towing to and from Schuylkill and all other descriptions promptly attended to. S. Flanagan No. 78 South Delaware Avenue. [graphic] / Lith. by Rease & Schell
Title
Steam tugs, Columbus and Alert. Vessels of all classes towed to and from sea and about the harbor; towing to and from Schuylkill and all other descriptions promptly attended to. S. Flanagan No. 78 South Delaware Avenue. [graphic] / Lith. by Rease & Schell, 17 So. 5th. St.
Description
Location: Delaware River off Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator
Rease & Schell, lithographer., creator
Date
ca. 1855.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W353.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W353 [P.2258]
Steam tug Atlantic
Title
Steam tug Atlantic Lester D. Schellinger, commander. 300 tons register. Ships of the largest class towed to and from sea. Office 78 South Delaware Avenue
Description
Advertisement for the "Atlantic" tugboat operated by Schellinger. Shows the tug cruising on the water with a man at the helm and another at the bow. The vessel carries an American flag, a flag with the name of the boat, and a lifeboat. Also shows sailboats in the right of the image. By the mid-nineteenth century steam tugs supplanted oared tugs in the navigation of sailing ships through rivers to their port of call., Tug specifications printed below the image: Length.....151 feet. Depth.....10 ". Breadth.....49 ". Engine 650 Horse Power. Diameter of Cylinder 52 inches. Stroke of Piston 10 feet., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 242, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Rease, W. H.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Transportation [P.8970.33]
[Tugboat south of Girard Avenue Bridge, Schuylkill River]
Title
[Tugboat south of Girard Avenue Bridge, Schuylkill River]
Description
View looking northwest on the Schuylkill River showing a man standing on the deck of a tugboat in the foreground. The first Girard Avenue Bridge, built 1852-55 by Adolphus Bonzano after designs by Rudolph Hering, is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator
R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date
photographed ca. 1872, printed c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Transportation [P.9299.74]
Steam tugs, Columbus and Alert. Vessels of all classes towed to and from sea and about the harbor; towing to and from Schuylkill and all other descriptions promptly attended to. S. Flanagan No. 78 South Delaware Avenue.
Title
Steam tugs, Columbus and Alert. Vessels of all classes towed to and from sea and about the harbor; towing to and from Schuylkill and all other descriptions promptly attended to. S. Flanagan No. 78 South Delaware Avenue
Description
Advertisement for two tug boats, Columbus and Alert, depicting in the foreground the Columbus tugboat breaking the ice with a square-rigged ship in tow. Foggy view includes the helmsperson in the wheelhouse, and a man swinging open a door on the port side of the cabin. The steam tug, Alert, is visible in the left background, along with the horizon of Philadelphia. This scene is likely on the Schuylkill River., Additional title information on recto of lithograph provides the dimensions of both tugboats., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 725, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator
Rease & Schell, artist
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W353 [P.2258]