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Lady Elgin at dock
A sketch of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois.
Lady Elgin Docked
circa 1859
Lithograph from Frank Leslie's Illustrated News of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois in 1860. From a photograph taken on the day prior to her sinking. Sign on h...
Drawing of The Milwaukie Steamboat
circa 1832
An early type of sidewheel passenger and freight steamboat The Milwaukie, also known as The Milwaukee. It was used on Lake Erie and upper lakes.
Launch of the Steamer "Petoskey"
April 20, 1888
The launching of the screw passenger and freight vessel, "Petoskey," on April 20, 1888 at Burger and Burger Builders, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
