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View northeast of the waterfront from 350 - ton crane. The "mothballed" carrier Iwo Jima is tied up at pier 2 in the mid-background. - Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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Title
View northeast of the waterfront from 350 - ton crane. The "mothballed" carrier Iwo Jima is tied up at pier 2 in the mid-background. - Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date 1995
date QS:P571,+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER PA,51-PHILA,709-4
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  • Significance: The shipyard was established by an Act of Congress in 1799, making it the oldest in the U.S. The original site consisted of 11 acres at the foot of Federal Street from Front Street to the Delaware River in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia. Before purchase by the Federal Government the site was a shipyard owned by Joshua Humphreys, a prominent naval architect. One this site, Humphreys supervised construction of the first ship of what would become the U.S. Navy...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N385
  • Survey number: HAER PA-387
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3416.photos.359952p
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