Ben Hur

Mariners' Museum, Uncurated Search Results

Type: Skipjack

Year: 1906

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Location: Champ

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These records are found in the online catalog of The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. Uncurated search results are presented to give researchers and interested readers an idea of whether the museum’s archives contain information about this vessel and whether it may be worthwhile to visit the museum’s catalog search page for further investigation. Uncurated results may be inaccurate or incomplete.

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1					USA; TENNESSEE; VICKSBURG	WRITTEN ON VERSO: BUILT 1887 IN THE KNOX YARD, HARMAN ,OHIO. RAN IN THE WHEELING-PARKERSBURG TRADE. SOLD CIRCA 1911 TO VICKSBURG. SUNK 1916, 284T, 165 X 30.5 X 4.8		Photo collection no. 24; view of vessel with the steamer NOKOMIS at foot of Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS.	P0001.003/01-#PB320
	2		7/31/1896	Ben Hur (Steamboat : 1889).			Ben Hur (tug); 2243	Steamboats–Maine.; Tugboats–Maine.	Shows a starboard side view of a tug boat moored at a pier next to a sailboat. This negative has thumbtack holes. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "No's 2214 to 2260 inclusive, taken by R.A. Weed, on trip to Maine", "July 31 96"	MS0094/01-#2243
	3		2/22/1945				Car #ACL 52590 containing 16 - 1 ton trailers. Shipped from Ben Hur Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Material improperly loaded in car. Bracing in car broke during transit. refer to report #NAB 157. Photo taken at the southside of Pier 1, NAB, HRPE, Norfolk, Va. Photo taken for PTD for report to Washington.	Freight and freightage.; Crates–Virginia–Norfolk.	Shows a close up of some wooden crates, one has broken.	P0003/01-#N-12529
	4		2/22/1945				Car #ACL 52590 containing 16 - 1 ton trailers. Shipped from Ben Hur Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Material improperly loaded in car. Bracing in car broke during transit. refer to report #NAB 157. Photo taken at the southside of Pier 1, NAB, HRPE, Norfolk, Va. Photo taken for PTD for report to Washington.	Freight and freightage.; Crates–Virginia–Norfolk.	Shows stacked crates separated by wooden beams. On one crate the wooden beam has fallen and broken through.	P0003/01-#N-12530