Craneship Kearsarge, lifting 120 ton crane from South Boston.

Title:: Craneship Kearsarge, lifting 120 ton crane from South Boston.
Description:: Craneship Kearsarge, lifting 120 ton crane from South Boston. The heaviest life ever made in the Charlestown shipyear, November 1948. The Kearsarge was converted from a battleship and is capable of lifting 250 tons. She was recently transferred here from the West Coast.
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:: [ca. 1925–1959]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Naval yards & naval stations
Ships
Hoisting machinery
Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Boston Navy Yard
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8k71p8151
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of Boston Naval Shipyard News
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials: Since 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-320-C1