Description: VERY LARGE printed 24" x 32" on 24" wide Heavyweight Premium Presentation Paper. The "Watermark" is not on the Print. 1 Print. Listed above in the TITLE. 24"x32" Reproduction made on Premium Presentation Heavy Weight Matte Paper for Framing. We use HIGH Quality Premium Presentation Paper Matte Finish (not Poster Paper) and we use HIGH Quality German inks. These are meant to be framed. We cater to Interior Decorators and Do-It-Yourselfers. We ship in either Shipping Tubes or Shipping Triangles depending on size to ensure the print is in perfect condition and ready for your frame. No job too large or small. FROM WIKIThe Erie was a steamship that operated as a passenger freighter on the Great Lakes. It caught fire and sank on August 9, 1841, resulting in the loss of an estimated 254 lives, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the history of the Great Lakes.The Erie had a wooden hull and utilized a side-wheel paddle for propulsion. It was built by the Erie Steamboat Company, of Erie, Pennsylvania, under the supervision of Thomas G. Colt and Smith I. Jackson. Shortly after its completion, in 1837, it was purchased by Charles Manning Reed, who was the exclusive owner of the boat until its destruction. CareerThe Erie ferried passengers between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois, and other harbors on Lake Michigan. The ship was owned by Charles Manning Reed, a Pennsylvania state legislator, militia general, and U.S. congressman. Reed and his father owned and operated a fleet of steam ships on the Great Lakes, from their home in Erie, Pennsylvania. Reed selected Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Titus as captain. Titus was a respected sailor with a sixteen-year career on the Great Lakes.On its maiden voyage, in late May 1838, the ship was scheduled to travel from Erie to Buffalo, and then west to Cleveland, Ohio. On the final leg of the trip, the Erie's engine failed and the ship had to be towed into Cleveland harbor. The engine was quickly repaired, however, and the Erie returned to service for the next three years. In June 1838, it made the trip from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Buffalo in just over five hours, which at that time was a speed record for a ship on the Great Lakes.Final voyageOn the evening of August 9, 1841, the Erie was loaded at Buffalo harbor with 343 passengers—including 38 crew and 8 band members to entertain the passengers. The passengers included a team of maritime painters with all of their painting equipment and supplies, including several large jugs of paint, turpentine, and varnish. The painters were only planning to take the Erie until its first stop, in Pennsylvania. Their equipment was quite heavy, many items required two men to move them. So, rather than taking the equipment down to the cargo hold, the painters left their equipment in a pile on the deck, near the ventilation pipe from the ship's boiler.The first mate of the Erie knew that this area of the deck—near the boiler ventilation—had caught fire three times in the Erie's three years of service. But McBride was not on duty on August 9.[1] In addition to the flammable equipment brought onboard by the painters, the Erie itself had just been freshly painted and varnished within the previous two days.At about 8pm, roughly an hour after the Erie departed from Buffalo, an explosion was heard. Accounts of the disaster conclude that this was the turpentine combusting due to being overpressurized by the heat from the ventilation port. All the highly flammable painting equipment apparently caught fire immediately and the fire spread within seconds over the entire freshly varnished hull.Captain Titus rushed from the upper deck to the ladies cabin, where the life preservers were stored, but found the flames were already so intense he could not enter the cabin.[3] The flames also quickly reached the boiler room and the engineer reported he was unable to reach the engine. The pilot was directed to turn the ship to starboard to try to get nearer to land, and while in that turn, the crew attempted to lower the lifeboats into the water. Due to ship's turn, two of the lifeboats were immediately capsized and sunk. The third and final lifeboat was successfully deployed, carrying just Captain Titus and four others. Other passengers and crew had begun jumping into the water to avoid the flames, and the lifeboat picked up one passenger.The first rescue ship arrived at 10pm—the DeWitt Clinton, another passenger freighter which departed from Buffalo a few hours before the Erie. The Lady arrived soon after. The Clinton's crew described that the entire hull of the Erie above the waterline had already been burnt away, leaving a black, smouldering wood frame around an intact boiler. Dozens of passengers were floating in the water crying for help. By 1am, all the survivors had been picked up and the lake was quiet. Fewer than 100 were rescued. An effort was made to tow the remains of the Erie to shore, but it sank around dawn on August 10. Also, I have all of the John J Gould Bird images. I will only be listing a few on Ebay as there are too many, if you are interested in a certain bird prints message me and I will list it for you. I am listing what we think were the most popular Gould prints here. If you are looking for many prints and don't see the one you want listed WE JUST MIGHT HAVE IT. Just message us. We have most every Gould print created. Ask and if we have it we will make a custom listing for you. IF YOU WISH TO BUY MULTIPLE PRINTS MESSAGE US AND WE WILL CREATE A CUSTOM LISTING FOR YOU TO SAVE YOU MONEY ON SHIPPING COSTS. Other OPTIONS in Print Sizes are 8.5 x 11 Inches for $14.99 Shipped in a Tube by First Class Mail - additional prints $9.99 (message us)13 x 19 Inches for $19.99 Shipped in a Tube by First Class Mail - additional prints $14.99 (message us)17 x 26 Inches for $33.99 Shipped in a Triangle by Priority Mail - additional prints $24.99 (message us)24 x 36 Inches for $43.99 Shipped in a Triangle by Priority Mail - additional prints $34.99 (message us)
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Artist: Whitman Graham Co Buffalo and NY City
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Type: Print
Width (Inches): 32
Date of Creation: Printed on Demand 2022
Height (Inches): 24
Features: Signed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Reproduction
Print Surface: Matte Paper
