Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Postcards

Superior Shipyards

Image

The Superior Shipyards showing steamers "Moran", "Northwest" and "Northland. Caption reads: "Ship Yards — McDougall Whaleback. West Superior, Wis."

Date Created:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
Bardon, John

Publication Information

Creator Bardon, John
Date Created March 14, 1905

Physical Description

Format Image

Collection Information

Source Collection Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012AU2
Legacy ID
WHi 6233

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Photographs
McDougall Passenger Whaleback Steamer Under Construction

McDougall Passenger Whaleback Steamer Under Construction

1892

Whaleback steamer under construction in the American Steel Barge Company shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin. Text at bottom of card reads: "McDougall Passenger Whaleback Steamer. West Superior, Wis."

View
Photographs
McDougall Whaleback

McDougall Whaleback

1892

Text at bottom reads: Ship Yards — McDougall Whaleback. West Superior, Wis." Captain Alex McDougall's whaleback steamer in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company.

View
Photographs
McDougall Whaleback Steamer Under Construction

McDougall Whaleback Steamer Under Construction

1892

Text at bottom reads: "McDougal [sic] Whaleback. [manufactured at] West Superior, Wis." The steamer is under construction in the American Steel Barge Company shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin. Men ar...

View
Photographs
McDougall Whaleback

McDougall Whaleback

1892

Text at bottom reads: Ship Yards — McDougall Whaleback. West Superior, Wis." Whaleback steamer in the shipyards of the American Steel Barge Company.

View
Photographs
The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

September 19, 1892

Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in Superior. Text at bottom right of card rea...

View
Photographs
McDougall Passenger Whaleback

McDougall Passenger Whaleback

1893

Illustration of the McDougall Passenger Whaleback out on the water. Text at bottom right of card reads: "West Superior, Wis."

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown