DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 59592
"The Gun-boat New Era, Just Built at St. Louis, Missouri"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861,
depicting the conversion of the ferry boat New Era into
a "timberclad" gunboat, circa September-October 1861.
The ship was renamed Essex later in the year.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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