Digital Collection
2013.040.153

Print, Photographic

Black and white panoramic photo of the Columbia Transportation Company EDMUND FITZGERALD immediately following its launch at Great Lakes Engineering Works on June 7, 1958. The FITZGERALD is inside of the slip, with its stern to the camera. The runners that the freighter slid down during its side launch are on the right. A crowd of spectators line the edges of the slip. A group of people have scaled an arch on the left to view the launch.

Date
1958
Collection
Print Size
12" x 5.125"
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