Packet Boats Rounding a Curve on the Erie Canal, Print, circa 1832
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This engraving, made about 1832, shows an idyllic view of travel and transportation on the Erie Canal. Completed in 1825, the canal opened the western regions of New York and states of the Old Northwest to greater settlement and commerce. The Erie Canal extends from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
This engraving, made about 1832, shows an idyllic view of travel and transportation on the Erie Canal. Completed in 1825, the canal opened the western regions of New York and states of the Old Northwest to greater settlement and commerce. The Erie Canal extends from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Subject Date
circa 1832
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.129.199
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Mat board
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Matting (Supporting)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 6.75 in
Inscriptions
Printed on right side under image: Lith Risso & Browne / Handprinted in blue ink upper left corner: Reproduced from this print in the "History of Travel in America," on p. 629 Vol. II / Handwritten in blue in under image: Packets rounding a curve on the Erie Canal. / A "packet boat" was a swift passenger boat that maintained a / speed of 3 miles an hour, both day and night. / Any individual or company choosing to do so could operate boats / on payment of prescribed tolls to the state. / Lithograph. Date, about 1832
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