14107. (glass negative) U.S. Lighthouse Service, Lighthouse Tender Joseph Henry with U.S. Mail Steamship Kate Adams c.1890’s.
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14107. (glass negative) U.S. Lighthouse Service, Lighthouse Tender Joseph Henry with U.S. Mail Steamship Kate Adams c.1890’s.
14107. (glass negative) U.S. Lighthouse Service, Lighthouse Tender Joseph Henry with U.S. Mail Steamship Kate Adams c.1890’s. Vintage 5 x 7 inch Glass Plate Negative includes the steamship / Lighthouse Tender Joseph Henry and the U.S. Mail Steamship Kate Adams. Named for the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the only civilian to serve as Chairman of the Lighthouse Board, the river steamer Joseph Henry was built for the United States Lighthouse Service by Howard & Co., in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The hull was built of white oak and measured 180′ long, 32′ abeam, and 5’10” deep. This side-wheel paddle steamer served in the 15th Lighthouse District at Memphis, Tennessee, and tended navigational aids in the area’s rivers, including the Mississippi. She was a 453-ton, 180-foot side paddle wheeled steamer. The hull was built of white oak and measured 180′ long, 32′ abeam, and 5’10” deep. This side-wheel paddle steamer served in the 15th Lighthouse District at Memphis, Tennessee, and tended navigational aids in the area’s rivers, including the Mississippi. In January, 1881, she was assigned to the newly created 16th Lighthouse District. After it was decommissioned in 1903 and sold, the Joseph Henry was renamed Louisiana and ended its career in 1916 as the passenger steamer Pattona. Glass plate negative has been scanned as a positive to show image detail. Superb clear view will print well. (VG+). $148.