Packet Boat on the Miami Canal, Print, circa 1838
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This 1830s engraving of the Miami & Erie Canal in Ohio features a packet boat with passengers on the top. The passengers are covered by an awning for protection from the elements. The Miami & Erie Canal was an important link in the developing canal systems of the early to mid-19th century that stretched from New York to western Indiana.
This 1830s engraving of the Miami & Erie Canal in Ohio features a packet boat with passengers on the top. The passengers are covered by an awning for protection from the elements. The Miami & Erie Canal was an important link in the developing canal systems of the early to mid-19th century that stretched from New York to western Indiana.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Subject Date
circa 1838
Creators
J.F. Wright and L. Swormstedt (Firm)
Place of Creation
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
Creator Notes
Published by J.F. Wright and L. Swormstedt, Cincinnati, Ohio
Keywords
United States, Ohio, Miami and Erie Canal
United States, New York, Erie Canal
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.129.222
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Mat board
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Engraving (Printing process)
Matting (Supporting)
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 8.75 in
Inscriptions
Beneath: A packet boat on the Miami Canal, in Ohio. the passengers are shown assembled on the roof of the cabin, under an awning stretched to protect them from the heat of the sun. It eventually became possible to travel by canals and lakes from New York to Terre Haute, in Western Indiana. The canal systems of Ohio and Indiana were joined. Copperplate engraving. Date, about 1835-40. Above: Reproduced from this print in Vol. II, p. 682, of "A History of Travel in America".
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