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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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13 June 2000