Title:
Progress: Saga of Westerly-built whaler
Author:
Kimball, Carol W.
Subjects:
Progress (whaleship)
Columbian Exposition
Columbian Exposition
Object ID:
scr-030-073a
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Pubication Date:
02/07/1991
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
In this article, the author tells the story of a ship, originally named Charles Phelps and later renamed Progress. The ship was first a whaling ship during the whale oil era in the mid-nineteenth century. During the American Civil War, the ship was used as coal vessel, and after the war ended, it was sold and renamed. In 1871, Progress along with 33 other ships became trapped in ice near the Arctic Ocean. Progress not only escaped but saved over 200 people from the ice. The ship was used during the 1892 Columbian Exposition in Chicago as an attraction. The ship was finally destroyed in 1902, after being neglected for a decade.
People:
Greenman, Silas
Williams, Charles P.
Phelps, Charles
Hall, Capt. Palmer
Brownell, W.C.
Dowden, Capt.
Brown, Dwight
Williams, Charles P.
Phelps, Charles
Hall, Capt. Palmer
Brownell, W.C.
Dowden, Capt.
Brown, Dwight
Search Terms:
Progress (whaleship)
Columbian Exposition
Chicago
Westerly
Stonington
Lexington (steamer)
Civil War
New Bedford
North Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Blossom Shoals
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Columbian Exposition
Chicago
Westerly
Stonington
Lexington (steamer)
Civil War
New Bedford
North Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Blossom Shoals
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes