April 17, 2024
GUY C. GOSS ~ DISCHARGING LUMBER ~ TAKUBAR CHINA ~ c. - 1880
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Early contact print from the original negative shows a number of Chinese workers off-loading timber from the port at Takubar, China.Caption on back reads, "GUY C. GOSS bark, Deck View - discharging lumber at Takubar, China" (see scan).The Guy C Goss, was originally a wooden barque built at Bath, Maine, U.S.A., in 1879 by Goss and Sawyer, and her dimensions were: length 213.9 ft., beam 39.8 ft., depth 24.4 ft. After a period in the timber trade she was actively engaged in salmon fishing in Alaskan waters for over 20 years. After remaining idle for some time she was bought by a Vancouver firm and was loaded with 1,250,000 feet of timber from Pacific Coast ports for Auckland.A vessel with perhaps a more checkered career than any other about Auckland, the former American barque Guy C. Goss, was used as a shingle loading platform - barge at Wharekawa, in the Firth of Thames, met her fate on February 9, 1935, when she caught fire and was burned almost to the water's edge. The vessel caught fire in the after end at about 10 p.m., and she was soon a raging furnace.Photograph measures 8 x 10 inches and is in excellent condition with no bends, tears, or creases and is very sharp and has strong tones with good contrast and clarity.Please email with any questions and please "VIEW SELLERS OTHER ITEMS". Thanks.Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE
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