Photo #: 165-C-703
"City" Class armored gunboats
Under construction by James Eads, at St. Louis, Missouri, prior
to October 1861.
This view shows four ships being built in pairs, at two levels
on the shore, with casemate side timbers largely installed. Vertical
timbers extending above the slanting casemate sides are framing
for the ships' paddle-wheel boxes.
The four ships of this class built at St. Louis were Carondelet,
Louisville, Pittsburg and Saint Louis.
Note building and flagpole in the right background, timber stockpile
in the foreground, and twin rudder posts at the ships' sterns
with the paddle raceway between them.
Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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Photo #: 165-C-702
"City" Class armored gunboats
Under construction by James Eads, at St. Louis, Missouri, prior
to October 1861.
This view looks along the main deck on one gunboat, with its
boilers in the foreground and casemate timbers at the sides.
Another vessel is beyond, with some spar deck beams atop the
casemate side timbers and upright framing in place for her wheel
box.
The four ships of this class built at St. Louis were Carondelet,
Louisville, Pittsburg and Saint Louis.
Note flagpole in the left background.
Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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Photo #: NH 59001
"United States Mississippi Gun-boats being built at Carondelet,
near St. Louis, Missouri"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 5 October
1861.
It depicts, rather inaccurately, the construction of four of
the "City" class ironclads by James Eads, including
Carondelet, Louisville, Pittsburg and Saint
Louis.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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