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Description
Title
Legrand
S
.
DeGraff
Launch
Photograph
Subject
Business and Labor
Transportation
Ships
Piers & wharves
Launchings
Boat & ship industry
Place
Lorain (Ohio)
Lorain County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
the
launching
of the
Legrand
S
.
DeGraff
built
by the
American
Shipbuilding
Company
in
1889
. The
ship
was a
lake
freighter
built
to
transport
bulk
products
such
as
iron
ore
and
coke
. The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
. The
American
Shipbuilding
Company
was
formed
in
1899
in
Cleveland
,
Ohio
, and
it
built
shipyards
in
Lorain
,
Toledo
, and
Chicago
. The
company
prospered
in the
early
twentieth
century
as
it
built
iron-ore
carriers
to
meet
demand
from the
steel
industry
. By
1952
,
American
Shipbuilding
Company
was the
largest
shipbuilder
on the
Great
Lakes
. In
1972
American
Shipbuilding
Company
purchased
the
Tampa
Ship
&
Dry
Docks
Company
.
Company
headquarters
were
moved
to
Florida
in
1979
.
Declining
Great
Lakes
shipping
impacted
orders
for
lake
freighters
and a
strike
closed
its
shipyards
in
Lorain
,
Toledo
, and
Chicago
in
1978-1979
. The
company
decided
to
close
its
Great
Lakes
shipyards
and to
divert
its
attentions
to
Defense
Department
contracts
in
December
1983
.
Date of Original
1889
Collection
Albert
C
.
Doane
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Lorain Public Library System
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2200_3619654_005.tif
Image Height
1939
Image Width
3058
File Size
598.585 KB
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