File:Steamboat "WK Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca 1898 (MOHAI 7025).jpg

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English: Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Eric A. Hegg  (fl. 1897–1930)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Eric A. Hegg
Alternative names
E.A. Hegg; E. A. Hegg
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 18 September 1867 / 17 September 1867 / 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 13 December 1947 / 13 December 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bollnäs Edit this at Wikidata San Diego Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1897 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5385972
Title
English: Steamboat "W.K. Merwin" coming up Five Finger Rapids, ca. 1898
Description
English: At Five Finger Rapids, the Yukon River divided into five channels around four islands. This was so tricky to navigate that a permanent cable was anchored in the rocky side of one channel and ships pulled themselves through.

This photo, taken around 1898 by Eric Hegg, shows the steamboat "W.K. Merwin" headed upstream. In other versions of this photo, one can see the cable attached to the vessel.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Rapids; Rivers; Steamboats; W.K. Merwin (Ship)
Depicted place
English: Five Finger Rapids (Yukon); Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 20 cm (7.8 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,25U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7025
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1948, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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