once proposed to bring the GreatEastern through the East River to adock. The inventor, Mr. Lincoln, has nothad the satisfaction of seeing his patentin use on the Mississippi or its tribu-taries. But it has fallen to his lot to be incommand of a ship of uncommon bur-den on a voyage of uncommon… … A model of Abraham Lincolns invention, ariver boat equipped with bellows-like fixtures onthe sides to help raise the boat in shallow pas-sages, is shown here by Dr. R. Gerald McMurtry,Director of the Lincoln National Life Founda-tion. This photograph was taken in the Founda-tions Museum shortly…
