Steamship Let 'Er B (Chicora)

Photograph showing the steamship "Let 'Er B," which was built in England as a blockade runner for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. It was an extremely fast vessel and as a blockade runner carried none of the masts shown in this image. The smokestacks very likely were made to telescope down to keep a low profile and thus avoid detection. She was cut in half in 1867 (to fit through the Welland Canal) and brought to the Great Lakes.
Abstract/Description: Photograph showing the steamship "Let 'Er B," which was built in England as a blockade runner for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. It was an extremely fast vessel and as a blockade runner carried none of the masts shown in this image. The smokestacks very likely were made to telescope down to keep a low profile and thus avoid detection. She was cut in half in 1867 (to fit through the Welland Canal) and brought to the Great Lakes.
Subject(s): Boats and boating
Soo Locks (Mich.)
Date Created: 1875 (approximate)
Title: Steamship Let 'Er B (Chicora).
Name(s): Bayliss Public Library, contributor
Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1875 (approximate)
Physical Form: photographs
Extent: 1 item
Abstract/Description: Photograph showing the steamship "Let 'Er B," which was built in England as a blockade runner for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. It was an extremely fast vessel and as a blockade runner carried none of the masts shown in this image. The smokestacks very likely were made to telescope down to keep a low profile and thus avoid detection. She was cut in half in 1867 (to fit through the Welland Canal) and brought to the Great Lakes.
Subject(s): Boats and boating
Soo Locks (Mich.)
Restrictions on Access: No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Is Part Of: Bayliss Public Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-004
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