1872
OVP file 95
GUSN-221587
U.S.S. "Wyoming" firing torpedo in Boston Harbor, January 12, 1872.
photographs
photographic prints
albumen prints
Torpedo fired from a spar attached to starboard bow of the U.S.S. "Wyoming," Boston Harbor, January 12, 1872.
Class of Torpedo, 100-pdr. Content = 115 lbs. of cannon powder. Distance of explosion from ship = 20 feet.
do. do. below surface of water = 9 feet
Gift of Miss Mary B. Lothrop
Wyoming Jan. 9, 1872
Navy Yard Boston
Oversize photograph number OVP0280
1 photographic print : albumen, mounted ; 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
1931-05-28
PC001.01.TMP.280
Gift
7 3/4 x 5 7/8 (HxW)(inches)
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts) [harbor]
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
photographs
photographic prints
albumen prints
Marine photography
Item
OVP file 95
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