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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