Newspaper illustration of the Great Eastern ship entering New York Harbor, June 20, 1860

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Title	Newspaper illustration of the Great Eastern ship entering New York Harbor, June 20, 1860
Description	Photograph of a newspaper illustration of the Great Eastern, for many years the largest ship afloat, entering New York harbor on June 20, 1860. Also included is a cross-section diagram of the ship along the keel. The ship was outfitted with huge steam-driven paddle wheels as well as a full complement of sails. The ship is surrounded by dozens of small row boats, sail boats, and steam boats. Reads, "The Great Eastern now in the Harbor of New York".; Visible portion of the newspaper clipping reads: "'Great Eastern' Steamship' It was in the year 1854 that Mr. Isambard K. Brunel communicated to Mr. J. Scott Russell his plan for the construction of a monster ship for the Indian trade. The naval scheme met his approval. He thought well of it, and declared that he was ready to second the views of the eminent engineer in whose brain the scheme had been matured. Nor was his confidence misplaced. Of all living British engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel had the best claim to respect. He was the son of a French engineer, who, having left his country... ...illness prevented his accompanying the great ship down the Thames, he was duly made aware of her success; whether he ever heard of the explosion, and, if yes, whether he was properly acquainted with the evidence it supplied of the real strength of the ship we know not. On 16th September, at his residence, his overwrought brain avenged itself upon his body, and he died of paralysis. Only a year or two since he escaped a singular and inglorious death. He was playing with the child of a friend, and to amuse it was throwing sovereigns into his mouth, and pretending to make them disappear with the conjuror's cry of Presto. He threw one sovereign into his mouth with such force that it entered the gullet, and stuck there, edgewise, wholly closing the passage. Friends who were called were unable to remove it; and had the doctor, who was sent for, been delayed a few minutes later, the great engineer would have been a corpse when he arrived."
Subject	General Subjects -- Transportation -- Water
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Water -- Sail
Subject (lcsh)	Ships Sailing ships
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	New York
Geographic subject (state)	New York
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1860-06-20
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1860-06-20
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	drawings photographic prints photographs
Accession number	2483
Call number	CHS-2483
Microfiche number	1-121-14
Legacy record ID	chs-m12697; USC-1-1-1-12850
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-2483
Full text	THE GREAT EASTERN NOW IN THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK. •HKlAT KASiLkV STEAMSHIP. hHlplOTI I i^uiibani £tng4oaa Brunei < U;llllU «c Kit. « not. On 10th hi-. ntUtSM, bis o-.erwrouffht itself HBM nil l>oJy, and he died ■r two Bhtce he escaped a itnjjnlar death, lie was nUnim; with the i.l, nnd to iimusi- it was throwing till, mid pretending to .appear «ith tin- <-mijuror's cry of !, is ,1. .,m reign into his mouth ■ • t.-.i ;lic cull^t, and .!IyY!omic; thcp.-is.-agev rfeo «
Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-2483.tiff

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