Chain

Object/Artifact

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Steamboat Era Museum

Name/Title

Chain

Entry/Object ID

2024.43.012

Description

Chain from the lookout station of the Old Bay Line steamer "President Warfield." Attached note says, "Clarence Thomas and William Pruitt stood these watches during 'my time' [Hans Marx] 1926-1962." The note also records that "I salvaged this when the Warfield was taken over by the British in WWII also saved the ships bell which I turned over to Robert Dunn, pres[ident] of line and which today is in the Mariners Museum, Newport News.