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Title: Pride of the River Steamboat
Date Created and/or Issued: 1911
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Plying the waters since 1878, the steamboat "Pride of the River" is shown in action, in circa 1911, somewhere along the Sacramento River. The 175-foot-long craft was constructed at San Francisco's Meigg's Wharf and could carry up to 500 tons of goods. It was powered by two first-motion engines, providing thrust equal to 700 horse-power.
Type: Image
Identifier: 1966b
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2881
Subject: Riverboats
Rivers
Boats
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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