A barge ashore at Point Judith, Rhode Island [12B]
Original title: Barge ashore at Point Judith
A barge sunk in the East River, New York [32A]
Original caption: Barge sunk in East River, N.Y
A diver getting ready to go down [28C]
Original caption: Diver getting ready to go down
A diver is going into the water to get a hawser out of the way of the steamer's propeller [13C]
Original title: Diver getting a hawser out of steamer's propeller
Hawser is a nautical term for a thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.
A fishing steamer being towed off the south side of Long Island [14C]
Original title: Fishing str. we got off the south side of Long Island
A group of men bring fresh water to the iced-in Tasco on a sled [31A]
Original caption: More fresh water going aboard
A Lehigh Valley tow boat ashore on east end of Fisher's Island [26A]
Original caption: Leheigh Valley tow boat ashore on East end of Fisher's Island
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A Lehigh Valley tow boat ashore on east end of Fisher's Island [26B]
Original caption: Leheigh Valley tow boat ashore on East end of Fisher's Island
A lighter is working of the wreck of the towboat [13B]
Original title: Lighter working on wreck
A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships.
A recent view of Robert Mill's Old Patent Office now housing the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Museum of American Art