Note the masts for sails.
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| Association for Great Lakes Maritime History posted The freighter Charles A. Eddy at the coal trestle and car dumping plant at Erie, Pa., circa 1900 (Image Source: Library of Congress – Detroit Publishing Co. Collection). The name of the photographer is not included in the notes for the image, which was created from a dry plate negative. [The description continues with a history of the freighter.] |
Steve Vanden Bosch posted three photos with the comment:
Images of the Charles A. Eddy at the coal trestle and car dumping plant at Erie, Pa. I believe this photo was taken after August of 1900. In the last image in the background, are 10 vessels laid up from Bessemer Fleet, which from newspaper accounts were laid up in August 1900.This photo is from the Detroit Publishing Collection.
Dale Pohto: What looks to be a large tarp has been rigged up on the aft side of the forward cabins: ostensibly to protect the foc'sle area from coal dust).
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I'm guessing it was on the eastern dock of the three on the left side of this excerpt.
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| 1900 Erie Quad @ 62,500 |
If it was there, it was gone by 1956. Since it was probably shipping anthracite coal to Duluth+Superior for home heating, I'm not surprised it was obsolete by then.
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| Oct 29, 1956 @ 60,000; ARA550340080738 |
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