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U.S.S. Cairo collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Description
Iron machinery from the U.S.S. Cairo, possibly the paddlewheel, Pascagoula, Mississippi, circa 1970. Includes closeup. Photographer: Dr. David Hiley.
The U.S.S. Cairo was an ironclad gunboat that sank in the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on December 12, 1862. It was raised, stored at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula from 1965 to 1977, and is now displayed at a museum in Vicksburg.
Date Created
2021
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undated
Recommended Citation
"U.S.S. Cairo machinery" (2021). Images. 4.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-usscairo1/4
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U.S.S. Cairo machinery, close up
U.S.S. Cairo machinery, close up
Keywords
U.S.S. Cairo.
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