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Up for sale is this photo print of the S.S. Dakota being loaded with rail tracks. The caption with a 1937 date appears incorrect since the SS Dakota sunk in 1907.
The SS Dakota was a steamship built by the Eastern Shipbuilding Company of Groton, Connecticut for the Great Northern Steamship Company owned by railroad magnate James J. Hill to enhance and promote trade between the United States and Japan.  On March 3, 1907 the steamer ran aground at full speed over a reef about a mile off Shirahama.  On March 11 the vessel was abandoned by her owners to the underwriters with James Hill collecting $2,500,000.00 in insurance money. Salvage operations commenced on March 19 but only lasted four days as Dakota broke amidships during a gale on March 22-23. By May 1907 the wreck completely broke up and disappeared under water.

The quality gloss print measures 11” by 13” with some very light scuffs and one small indentation. Not sure of the age of the print. 

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