USC&GS George S. Blake
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USC&GS George S. Blake, in service 1874–1905, is, with the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, one of only two US oceanographic vessels with her name inscribed in the façade of the Oceanographic M
USC&GS George S. Blake c.1870s
Sigsbee Sounding Machine – invented by Charles D. Sigsbee and modified from Thomson Sounding Machine. Basic design of ocean sounding instruments stayed the same for the next 50 years. Here the sounding machine is used to set a Pillsbury current meter at a known depth. In: The Gulf Stream, by John Elliott Pillsbury, 1891. Note caption on photo: "Sounding Machine And Current Meter in Place, Steamer Blake"
Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Blake, Washington Navy Yard, c. 1880.
1882 book about the steamer "Blake" by U. S. Navy Lieutenant-Commander Charles Sigsbee
Alexander Agassiz
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Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer. He was the son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz.
USC&GS George S. Blake
…that work that the deep soundings across the current would reveal the Blake Plateau. By 1878 the Gulf Stream and Gulf work would see the addition of Alexander Agassiz, who joined the ship in December 1877 in Havana, with dredges and trawls for deep biological sampling. By June 1879 the ship had been completely refitted…
Portrait of Alexander Emanuel Agassiz
Agassiz c. 1860
Castle Hill Inn, Agassiz's Newport cottage