- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of steamboat, Fort Gaines, Clay County, Georgia, ca. 1880-1907]
- Date of Original:
- 1880/1907
- Subject:
- Cotton--Transportation--Georgia--Fort Gaines
Architecture--Georgia--Fort Gaines
Transportation--Georgia--Fort Gaines
River steamers--Georgia--Fort Gaines
Covered bridges--Georgia--Fort Gaines - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clay County, Fort Gaines, 31.60924, -85.04933
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Fort Gaines, ca. 1880-1907. Steamboat called Three States seen on the Chattahoochee River. Note the bales of cotton loaded on it. A covered bridge across the river seen in the background. The Three States burned and sank at a wharf in Columbus in 1906. The water was pumped out of her and her hull was floated to Apalachicola, Fla. There she was rebuilt. The steamboat then was in operation for about a year and then it burned again.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_cly020
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:cly020
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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