Writing from New York City, Williams recounts trip via train and steamboat from Warrenton, Va to the city. Purpose of the trip is thought to be to enforce the draft. Accident involving the steamboat and a schooner en route resulted in two men killed and one lost overboard. Military pay received... Show moreWriting from New York City, Williams recounts trip via train and steamboat from Warrenton, Va to the city. Purpose of the trip is thought to be to enforce the draft. Accident involving the steamboat and a schooner en route resulted in two men killed and one lost overboard. Military pay received spent partly on weapons to give to the officers out of respect. Show less
The Str. Reindeer, built at St. Albans in 1882 (181' x 27' x 9'), was the largest to navigate Otter Creek. This picture shows her at Vergennes in her trimmer and more youthful days, before the life of an Excursion boat made her sag in the middle. In the gay Nineties, it was a common sigh to see... Show moreThe Str. Reindeer, built at St. Albans in 1882 (181' x 27' x 9'), was the largest to navigate Otter Creek. This picture shows her at Vergennes in her trimmer and more youthful days, before the life of an Excursion boat made her sag in the middle. In the gay Nineties, it was a common sigh to see her staggering up and down the lake, her decks weighed down with crowds who often flocked to one side or the other giving her a careening look, her guards on one side almost at the water's edge and the paddlewheel on the opposite side fanning the air. She would then stop until the crew could restore equilibrium among passengers and boat. She sank at her dock in Burlington in 1902 from causes not known. Show less
Is this the underside of the steamboat Vermont with a view of its paddlewheel in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard? See also mcalA18F16i06 for another view.
Steamship Ticonderoga inside the breakwater in Lake Champlain. She is loaded with passengers. She was built in 1906 in Newburgh, New York and the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont. She weighs 892 tons, is 220 feet long and can carry a max of 1070 persons. Undated but may be early 1950s.
Steamship Ticonderoga moves along inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain loaded with passengers. Her cruising speed is 17 mph, top speed 23 mph. She was built in 1906 and continued to sail on the lake until 1953. Undated but may be 1950s.
March 8, 1955. A helicopter flies over the steamship Ticonderoga as the paddle-boat makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversaw the boat's overland journey. Photo 146.
January 26, 1955. The bow of the steamship Ticonderoga is seen here. The entire ship is seated and welded to a wheeled cradle upon which the ship will be moved along the double railroad tracks laid before it. The cradle had been submerged in a man made basin that was flooded, the boat positioned... Show moreJanuary 26, 1955. The bow of the steamship Ticonderoga is seen here. The entire ship is seated and welded to a wheeled cradle upon which the ship will be moved along the double railroad tracks laid before it. The cradle had been submerged in a man made basin that was flooded, the boat positioned over the cradle and then the basin drained allowing the boat to come to rest on the cradle. Photo 107. Show less
