This page features views related to some of John Ericsson's inventions, and provides links to others.
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Photo #: NH 80000 12-inch Wrought Iron Gun "Planned by J. Ericsson. Tested at Sandy Hook, 1842". Photograph of a plan on file at the Naval Ordnance Plant, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1962. This gun looks very much like John Ericsson's "Oregon" gun, after reinforcement. The "Oregon" was tested at Sandy Hook following completion of that work in 1842. It is now located at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 42207 "The First Naval Conflict Between Iron Clad Vessels." "In Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862." Lithograph by Endicott & Company, New York, 1862, after a drawing by C. Parsons, depicting the battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack). Other elements shown in the central image include Sewalls Point, CSS Jamestown, CSS Yorktown and "Rebel Tugs in the left distance; and USS Cumberland (sunken), USS Congress (burning, USS Minnesota and Newport News in the right distance. Shown around the central image are a portrait of John Ericsson, a view of Ericsson's caloric engine, a "sectional view" of CSS Virginia's casemate, and seven scenes on board USS Monitor. Engraved versions of the latter are reproduced as (counter-clockwise from upper left) Photo #s: NH 58850; NH 58854; NH 58856; NH 58855; NH 58851; NH 58857; NH 58858. Donation of F.L. Stickney, 1933. Another copy, without the stain in the lower right, was in the collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 510 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 45978 USS Monitor (1862) and CSS Virginia (1862) Montage drawing featuring plans of the two ships, portraits of men responsible for building and operating them, and scenes of their histories. It is inscribed: "Dedicated to the Memory of Thomas Fitch Rowland, Builder of the Original Monitor.". Drawn by Charles H. Corbett, circa 1907 or later. See Photo # NH 45978 (extended caption) for more extensive information. Courtesy of Charles H. Corbett. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 278KB; 1200 x 825 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50954 USS Monitor (1862) General plan published in 1862, showing the ship's inboard profile, plan view below the upper deck and hull cross sections through the engine and boiler spaces. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 153KB; 1200 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 45964 USS Monitor (1862) First page of the contract to construct the ship's hull, made between Thomas Fitch Rowland, on behalf of the Continental Iron Works, and John Ericsson and his associates, 25 October 1861. The original was in the Office of Naval Records & Library Collection at the National Archives, circa the early 1960s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 131KB; 510 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 45965 USS Monitor (1862) Second page of the contract to construct the ship's hull, made between Thomas Fitch Rowland, on behalf of the Continental Iron Works, and John Ericsson and his associates, 25 October 1861. The original was in the Office of Naval Records & Library Collection at the National Archives, circa the early 1960s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 115KB; 510 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 45966 USS Monitor (1862) Third (and last) page of the contract to construct the ship's hull, made between Thomas Fitch Rowland, on behalf of the Continental Iron Works, and John Ericsson and his associates, 25 October 1861. The original was in the Office of Naval Records & Library Collection at the National Archives, circa the early 1960s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 111KB; 600 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 59387 "The Ericsson Devil and 'Weehawken'" Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, depicting USS Weehawken pushing the mine-clearing raft designed by John Ericsson for use in Charleston harbor, South Carolina. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 280 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 82828 John Ericsson's Controllable Torpedo, 1873-1878 Photographed at the Newport Torpedo Station, Rhode Island, circa the 1890s. Developed during the 1870s and 1880s when the Torpedo Station was experimenting primarily with this type. The Ericsson torpedo was slow, noisy and impractical, but was the first torpedo to use two counter-rotating propellers mounted on a single shaft. Copied from an original photograph held by the Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport, R.I. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 510 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 84476 John Ericsson's "Destroyer" Longitudinal section of the ship's bow, showing the underwater gun and its projectile "torpedo", circa 1881. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 310 pixels |
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For other pictures related to ships designed by John Ericsson,
see:
For other images of, and related to, John Ericsson, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 26 June 2001