B.F. Leavitt during the Salvage of the PEWABIC
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Slides
- Description
- "In May, 1917 the B.F. Leavitt Diving Armor Company located the wreck [PEWABIC]. Mr. Leavitt was the inventor of Leavitt's Armored Diving Suit. This suit performed fairly well for a while...and the expedition was by far the most successful salvage attempt. But by August, Leavitt was short of cash and couldn't pay his bills. Unfortunately Mr. Leavitt had spent more than what the copper and iron ore he salvage was worth...and operations ceased."
- Notes
- The above was taken from "The Town That Wouldn't Die" by Robert Haltiner.
- Date of Original
- 1917
- Dimensions
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Width: 3625 px
Height: 5227 px
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 3625px
Image Height: 5227px
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Ann Taber Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Approximate location of PEWABIC:
Michigan, United States
Latitude: 44.8727003027305 Longitude: -83.0636780395508
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Approximate location of PEWABIC:
- Donor
- Tim Taber
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to United States law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Ann Taber Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
- Contact
- Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public LibraryEmail:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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