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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 68439 "Iron Clad Gunboat Benton." "Designed and constructed by Jas. B. Eads, St. Louis, Mo." "By order of Maj. Genl. J.C. Fremont, U.S.A.." "Commanding Western Department -- Sept. 1861." Inboard and outboard profile drawings, prepared at about the time Benton was converted for Civil War employement. Courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Lyle W. Eads, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 585 pixels

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30 May 2000