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NH 71118 Shipboard life

Shipboard life
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Title: Shipboard life
Caption: The lead was a heavy weight attached to a line, in order to measure the depth of the sea in certain places. When the lead was to thrown, the ship was either hove to or her way was slacked, and three men, standing on the chain-whales, heaved out the lead.
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Catalog #: NH 71118
Copyright Owner: From Iconographic Encyclopedia (1851) Volume III.
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Original Medium: Illustration, BW Photo
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