From Sail to Steam: The 19th-century Dock at Fort Ticonderoga
Author(s): Margaret J Staudter; Daniel E. Bishop
Year: 2020
Summary
This is an abstract from the session entitled "The King's Shipyard Surveys, 2019: Submerged Cultural Heritage Near Fort Ticonderoga" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Steamboats dominated the inland waterways of North America during the 19th-century. On Lake Champlain, these vessels were utilized for both travel and trade. In 1841, a steamboat dock was built over part of the King’s Shipyard on the shoreline of the Ticonderoga peninsula. This dock provided travelers access to the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga during the early years of tourism on the lake. This presentation explores the history and construction of the dock at Ticonderoga and discusses the related findings of the 2019 King’s Shipyard Survey.
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From Sail to Steam: The 19th-century Dock at Fort Ticonderoga. Margaret J Staudter, Daniel E. Bishop. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457566)
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Keywords
General
19th-century
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Steamboat
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Underwater
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 571