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Description
This nighttime photograph shows rescuers working to save the "Alton A" off the coast of Maine in 1972. The white hulled vessel is the Coast Guard motor lifeboat that attempted to save the Alton A., and ended up wrecked too.
About This Item
- Title: Wreck of the Alton A, 1972
- Creation Date: 1972
- Subject Date: 1972
- Location: ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--Vessels--Shipwrecks
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Ships--Maine
- Alton A (Ship)--Photographs
- Storms--Maine
- Marine accidents--Maine
- Rescues--Maine
- Shipwrecks--Maine--Photographs
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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