On
September
25, 1911 JW wrote in his journal about the pump boat M 113 that
"4 men on this boat puting up cabin." He does not write if
this was new construction or repair work. This
photo shows the M 113 up on a dry dock with water being pumped out, as
seen coming out the side of the dry dock. The men on top of the dry
dock are manually pumping her out. The photo is marked as being
taken at Mon City, have to wonder if the M stands for Monongahela or
probably Mongah, being the name of a mine across the river from
Monongahela. The date of this photo is unknown but other photos in
this collection are dated in the late 19 teens. Another pump boat in
the photo is the M 102. |