[Rarebooks] FS: 1904 Battleship Maine Salvage Company Prospectus Booklet

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

 From our new Recent Acquisitions catalog
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1904 Battleship Maine Salvage Company Prospectus Booklet.

The details of an ambitious plan to sink a cofferdam around the 
partially-submerged battleship in Havana Harbor, pump it out, and turn 
the wreck into a tourist attraction. And by the way- there was still 
room for savvy investors to buy in to this enormously profitable 
project! *cough* It would not be until Congress voted funding and the 
Army Corps of Engineers took on the project in 1910-11 that a cofferdam 
was sunk and pumped out and the Maine “raised”, so to speak. She was 
thoroughly examined, partially repaired, towed out to sea and officially 
scuttled with appropriate Naval ceremonies. Softcover. 4.75”x5.75”, 12 
pages. Minor wear, light soil. [44283]  $275

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