Steamboat "Walk-in-the-Water," near Cass and Jones Farms on the Detroit River, Michigan, 1819
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When she arrived freshly built in 1818, the steamboat Walk-in-the-Water was met by a crowd of cheering Detroiters. The early steamer made biweekly round trips, carrying up to 100 passengers between Detroit and Buffalo, New York. At eighteen dollars, one-way tickets were pricey. But steamboat travel was convenient, and Walk-in-the-Water remained popular until a storm wrecked her near Buffalo in 1821.
When she arrived freshly built in 1818, the steamboat Walk-in-the-Water was met by a crowd of cheering Detroiters. The early steamer made biweekly round trips, carrying up to 100 passengers between Detroit and Buffalo, New York. At eighteen dollars, one-way tickets were pricey. But steamboat travel was convenient, and Walk-in-the-Water remained popular until a storm wrecked her near Buffalo in 1821.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1819
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.3801.A
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in
Width: 10 in
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