Suwanee Steamboat Resting on the Bottom of the Drained Lagoon, Greenfield Village, circa 1969
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The Suwanee, a replica of a circa 1880 flat-bottomed steamboat, was constructed in Greenfield Village in 1929. The sternwheeler circled Suwanee Lagoon, dredged from a former channel of the Rouge River in 1937. Both the boat and the waterway were named for the Suwanee River made famous in Stephen Foster's song "Old Folks at Home."
The Suwanee, a replica of a circa 1880 flat-bottomed steamboat, was constructed in Greenfield Village in 1929. The sternwheeler circled Suwanee Lagoon, dredged from a former channel of the Rouge River in 1937. Both the boat and the waterway were named for the Suwanee River made famous in Stephen Foster's song "Old Folks at Home."
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1969
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2012.0.17.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Typed paper adhered along bottom edge reads: THE STEAMER SUWANEE RESTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SUWANEE RIVER AFTER / THE WATER HAD BEEN PUMPED OUT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRYDOCK WAS / STARTED.
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