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 9 drawings |  19 b&w photos |  20 data pages |  2 photo caption pages |  2 color transparencies |
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TITLE:
Creque Marine Railway, Hassel Island, St. Thomas County, VI
CALL NUMBER:
HAER VI,3-HASI,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 9 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 19 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 19 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Morris, Scott, transmitter
DeBoer, Ruth, transmitter
NOTE:
Survey number HAER VI-1
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-3).
Building/structure dates: 1843 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1912 subsequent work
Significance: Containing a well-preserved Bolton beam engine form the 1840s, this marine railway is one of the oldest surviving facilities of its kind in the Western Hamisphere.
SUBJECTS:
VIRGIN ISLANDS (US)--St. Thomas County--Hassel Island
railroads
OTHER TITLE:
St. Thomas Marine Repairslip
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.vi0026
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. EXTERIOR, JUST OUTSIDE ENGINE ROOM
2. SIDE VIEW OF EAST ELEVATION
3. MAIN ENTRANCE TO REAR ROOM (REDUCTION GEARS)
4. DETAIL OF REDUCTION GEARS
5. REDUCTION GEARS FROM WEST END
6. DETAIL OF GEARS
7. WEST END OF ENGINES
8. REMAINS OF STEAM ENGINE
9. DETAIL OF CROSS BAR
10. EAST END OF ENGINE
11. WEST END OF CROSS BAR
12. DETAIL OF STEAM CYLINDER
13. BOILERS, NEXT ROOM OVER FROM ENGINE
14. BOILERS
15. BOILER DETAIL
16. WALL DETAIL
17. CISTERN AND WATER TANKS FOR BOILERS
18. DETAIL IRON WORKS ON WATER TANK
19. RAILWAY WITH LANDING CRAFT BACKROUND
CONTROL #:
VI0026
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