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Whaleback Boat Docked in Superior

Date: 04 1893
Description: Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, docked at the American Steel Barge Company.
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"Plowboy" Approaching the Mission Dock

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T...
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"Byng I" Steamboat

Date: 1930
Description: Group of people on board the steamboat "Byng I" sometime prior to 1930.
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Steamboat Canada

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Description: The steamboat Canada at dock; cargo on lower deck, passengers on upper deck, and crowd waiting on the dock. The Canada was built in 1858, dis...
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The "Boscobel"

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Description: The screw tug, "Boscobel" built in 1881, is at a wooden dock with cordwood stacked on deck inside her forward gangway, perhaps indicating that she burned w...
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Sunken Boat "Quincy"

Date: 1906
Description: Bow of the sidewheel packet, "Quincy," sunk in 1906. People are standing on temporary pier beside her. Later raised and renamed the "J.S."
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Excursion on Steamer "Sidney"

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Description: The sternwheel excursion, "Sidney," loading passengers at Red Wing. The gangplank is lowered and passengers are on deck and on the landing. Later named Was...
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Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: A group of people gather on Mission dock as the steamboat "Skater" approaches. A boy is walking down the dock carrying a box on his shoulder.
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The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 09 19 1892
Description: Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ...
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"Pere Marquette 18"

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Description: The screw rail ferry, "Pere Marquette 18." Man and boy watch from wooden pier in foreground.
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Steamer "Vernon"

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Description: The screw passenger and freight vessel, "Vernon," docked, with several small boats in the foreground. This ship was lost with all on board off Two Rivers P...
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Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

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Description: The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," being towed into the Milwaukee harbor past a breakwater. Milwaukee North Pier Inner Light in ...
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Steamboat "Eolah"

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Description: View from shoreline looking down at passengers posing on steamboat "Eolah" and on landing at shoreline.
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"Dell Queen" Steamboat and Passengers

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Description: Passengers ng on the "Dell Queen" steamboat. The edge of a second steamboat is on the left.
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"Dell Queen" Steamboat and Passengers

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Description: Passengers posing on the "Dell Queen" steamboat.
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"Dell Queen" at Cold Water Canyon

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Description: "Dell Queen" steamboat and passengers at Cold Water Canyon.
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"New Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: View looking down at the "New Dell Queen" steamboat and passengers.
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"New Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: New "Dell Queen Steamboat" and passengers.
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H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and group of men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
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Eaton Grotto

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Description: Elevated view from rock of Eaton Grotto. On the river is a steamboat with passengers. People are standing on a dock at river's edge.

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