USS Niagara

Object summary

Title: USS Niagara
Object ID: CC-B-09A-64
Object type: Plan; Print
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

USS steam frigate Niagara, launched at the New York Navy Yard in 1855. Second vessel with this name commissioned by the US Navy in 1857. Participated in laying the first trans-Atlantic cable.

Inscriptions

Type: graphite
Location: recto, bottom left
Text: Frigate Niagara

Type: stamp
Location: recto, bottom right
Text: Clark Collection MIT

Type: ink
Location: recto, bottom right
Text: 6

Type: graphite
Location: recto, bottom right
Text: B-9a-64

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