Boats Moored at the Shoreline

Title: Boats Moored at the Shoreline See all items with this value
Caption: Unidentified Boat by a Riverbank See all items with this value
Identifier: SEFA_065
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p14
Description: Three boats loaded with people are moored at a beach on the Yangtze, possibly waiting their turn for passage through the Gorges. See all items with this value
Commentary: All kinds of boats (cargo, passenger, battle ships, etc.) had to wait in queues to get through the gorges with their teams of trackers. The gorges and tracker trails were too narrow to allow multiple boats through at the same time. See all items with this value
Creator: E. Kyle Simpson
Date Created: Between 1913-03-10 and 1913-03-22
Location: Yangtze Gorges See all items with this value
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/6354946/three-gorges-dam.html
Event: 1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
Original Format: Photographic print
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: E. Kyle Simpson photos curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe. See all items with this value
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-09-29
Contributor: Cory Willmott; Kyle Jolliffe
Type: Still Image
References: 1913 Letter from Dr. E. Kyle Simpson, Chungking, West China