Trapped Vessel

"A typhoon and mountainous waves deposited a large vessel on the coral reef that encircled our harbor. We rigged our dragline scraper with which we recovered coral for railroad ballast, to dig a channel along side, then maneuvered the vessel into it."

Item record
Publication
Manifest Destiny in Southeast Asia: Archaeology of American Colonial Industry in the Philippines, 1898–1987
Data type
Current location
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
Creator
Creation date
Digital scan produced in 2023, photographs originally taken 1932-33
Collection