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Sinking Boat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: Side view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, sinking in 1906. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Lat...
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The Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus

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Description: View from shoreline toward the wreck of the S.S. Atlantus, a concrete hulled ship in the water near a shoreline. In the foreground are three men on ...
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Stranded Ship "Galena"

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Description: A bark, the "Galena," stranded on Clatsop Beach, with three men and two women on the beach in the foreground.
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Wreck of the ship "Peter Iredale"

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Description: A view of the wrecked ship beached in shallow water. The ship ran ashore in 1906. Caption reads: "Wreck of Ship 'Peter Iredale' Clatsop Beach, Ore."
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Stranded Ship "Galena"

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Description: Elevated view across beach toward the ship beached in shallow water. There is a crowd of people on the beach in the foreground. Caption reads: "Ship 'Galen...
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Ruined Hull of Steamer J.S.

Date: 05 25 1910
Description: A man stands on the wreckage of a burned steamer in the Mississippi River near the shoreline. There is a small boat and a barrel nearby. Bluffs are in the ...
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Sunken Steamboat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: View across water towards the steamer Quincy, of the Diamond Jo Line, partially sunken into the Mississippi River and listing to port near the shore...

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