The Lake submarine, George Grantham Bain Collection
Summary
Side view with bow to right and crew members on top.
Photograph by Lake Torpedo Boat Company.
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under the water. The legendary origins of the submarine stretch back to 332 BC with a tale about Alexander the Great being lowered into the sea in a glass barrel to study fish. The submarine concept was thereafter consigned to the backwaters of history for some 1,800 years. This collection presents various submarines: from small and simple to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths.
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Date
01/01/1908
Source
Library of Congress
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