Boiler explosion - Government Boat Slackwater - Lock No. 4

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Boiler explosion - Government Boat Slackwater - Lock No. 4

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.7

Description

Caption on front of image reads, "View of pump on head of "Slackwater" where Supt. Bishop, U.S.F. was killed. Oct. 13, '06. Dam #4, C. R." The caption refers to a boiler explosion aboard the Slackwater, near Lock No. 4 on the Monongahela River. Abiathar Bishop was one of several men killed in the accident on 13 October 1906. Original, no photographer listed.

Collection

Rices Landing Lock and Dam No. 6 Museum Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1906

Lexicon

Search Terms

Bishop family, Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.), Shipwreck, Steam-boiler explosions

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

RICL-AN003-0005

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bishop, Abiathar [1876-1906]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Miscellaneous Series - Rices Landing Lock and Dam No. 6 Museum Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2023

Notes

The Rices Landing Lock and Dam No. 6 Museum Collection was shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023. Items in this collection have been submitted by multiple donors and do not have any documented provenance. SOURCE CITATION: Caption on front of image reads, "View of pump on head of "Slackwater" where Supt. Bishop, U.S.F. was killed. Oct. 13, '06. Dam #4, C. R."; item no. RICL-AN003-0005, Miscellaneous Series, Rices Landing Lock and Dam No. 6 Museum Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).