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Steamboat Western World
| Drawing of the steamboat Western World. Several people stand on the deck. An American flag and flags reading Detroit, Michigan Central, Buffalo, N.Y. Central, and Western World fly on the ship. |
| Image ID: | 63142 |
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| Creation Date: | 1895 |
| Creator Name: | Stanton, S. W. |
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| Collection Name: | Rare Books |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | F551 M28 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9 x 4.5 inches |
| Built at Buffalo 1854. Length 348 feet; beam 45 feet; engines vertical beam, 1500 horse power; 2002 tons; Western World and Plymouth Rock duplicates, each cost $250,000, hull timbers diagonally braced with iron; four water tight compartments; ran only a few years. Image originally published in American Steam Vessels (c) Smith and Stanton, 1895. |
| Great Lakes |
| Steamboats |
| Engraving |
| Flags |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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