Great Lakes Art Database

Niagara (tug)

Description
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Item Type
Drawings
Description
One framed color lithograph of the "Tug NIAGARA." The print shows a port side view of the vessel which is underway in fair weather. Printed text at the lower corners reads "Merick, Fowler & Esselstyn, Owners, Detroit, Mich.," and "James Millen, Master." The print is held in a decorative brown wood frame that has gold-colored paint along the inside edge.
Notes
This tug (towboat) was built in 1872 by S.R. Kirby at Campbell & Owen, Detroit.
Inscriptions
"Merick, Fowler & Esselstyn, Owners, Detroit, Mich."; "James Millen, Master"
Date of Original
ca. 1872
Date Of Event
ca. 1872
Dimensions
Width: 23.5 in
Height: 20 in
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 19in
Image Height: 15.5in
Subject(s)
Niagara (Tug)
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Local identifier
2006.004.124
Collection
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Geographic Coverage
  • Detroit
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 42.3292726171335 Longitude: -83.0321887512207
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Detroit Historical Society
Email:jeremyd@detroithistorical.org
Website:
http://detroithistorical.org

Street/mail address:

Jeremy Dimick

Director of Collections & Curatorial

Detroit Historical Society

5401 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, MI USA 48202

P. 313.297.8391

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Niagara (tug)


One framed color lithograph of the "Tug NIAGARA." The print shows a port side view of the vessel which is underway in fair weather. Printed text at the lower corners reads "Merick, Fowler & Esselstyn, Owners, Detroit, Mich.," and "James Millen, Master." The print is held in a decorative brown wood frame that has gold-colored paint along the inside edge.