Portrait of the U.S.S. Niagra
"U. S. Steam Frigate Niagara. Modeled by George Steers, built at the Navy Yard Brooklyn, N. Y.
Carries twelve Dahlgren guns weighing 14 tons each 11 inches diameter in the bore throwing a solid shot of 270 lbs or a shell of 180 lbs at a distance of four miles. Particiapted in the first attempt to lay a transatlantic cable in 1858 along with naval vessels from Britain.
