Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
2006-24-149 |
Description |
Starboard side view of CHALLENGER at Kewaunee Engineering Corporation tied up at dock, being painted. Shipyard buildings are visible in the background, and a man can be seen painting the hull. 1947. |
Object Name |
Negative, Film |
Date |
1947 |
Place |
Kewaunee, WI |
Vessel Info |
CHALLENGER was owned by the Neumann Boat Line of Sandusky, Ohio. It was built in Kewaunee, Wisconsin by the Kewaunee Engineering Corp. |
Search Terms |
CHALLENGER Kewaunee, WI Kewaunee Engineering Company |
Credit line |
Donated in memory of Robert D. Krauss |
Provenance |
Collection of maritime photographs and negatives from Sturgeon Bay Boat Works, estate of Robert Krauss (Father of the donor). Robert Krauss died August 11, 1999. He was employed at the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation in the early 1940s when the photos were taken. In 1945 or 1946 he started his own boat building company called "Krauss Kraft." He built two ferry boats for Washington Island. He worked with Walter Haertel, a naval architect from Sturgeon Bay, WI. |