Tank Lighters at Boston Navy Yard
Bring a little Charlestown home.
Metal Art Sign · 7 × 5 inches
Give a wall near the desk a picture to return to during the day. Rails and hulls stand with the harbor beyond in the Boston Navy Yard tank-lighter scene, putting construction equipment and completed small craft together.
The navy caption identifies 50-foot LCM(3) tank lighters, completed August 1942; rails, hulls and harbor beyond. The yard's piers and buildings connect this particular view to Boston's history of shipbuilding, repair and harbor work. They preserve a working waterfront at the time of the source.
The tank lighters connect the waterfront with a particular kind of naval craft, keeping the yard's production work visible at the scale of its hulls and rails. It can bring this particular place to a room at home, with a small wall space enough to enjoy the picture.
$86.99
- Selected option
- 7" x 5" (Horizontal) / 0.12''
- SKU
- FH-BULK-BOSTON-FX71BP76C-1206-91993-COLOR-R1
Make room for this view
Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:fx71bp76c
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 7 × 5 inches; approximately 0.12 inch (3 mm) thick
Care: Spot clean with nonabrasive, nonammonium products or dish soap and warm water. Indoor use.
Mounting block, metal plate and double-sided tape included; customer assembly required
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/1206/generic-brand/metal-art-sign
Original product information and credits
LCM(3) Tank Lighter 50 ft. built by NYBos at US Naval Drydock completed 8/1942
7 × 5 in Horizontal Metal Wall Art
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Source: United States. Navy. Naval District, 1st; National Archives at Boston; PD 127; 1138081; source record https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:fx71bp76c https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:fx71bp76c.
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