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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 75466

New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York


View of the Boxer Monument and its vicinity, taken in 1876. An old cannon and the former Confederate "David"-type torpedo boat Midge are on exhibit near the monument.
Buildings visible in the background include, from left to right): Building # 34 (Old Reservoir, Dispensary & Laboratory), Building # 33 (Provisions and Clothing Store) and Building # 31 ("Old Stores").
Note Midge's partially deployed spar torpedo.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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29 October 2001