The reconstruction of the Lake Champlain sidewheel steamer Champlain II /

19th-century wooden' steamship construction were combined to

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldwin, Elizabeth Robinson
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:19th-century wooden' steamship construction were combined to
a passenger line boat. Particular attention is paid to the
Ames. Attention is paid to the original construction of
and the Champlain Transportation Company, and chronicles the
but was in service only a few years before she was
Champlain II holds an important place in the development of
changes in Oakes Ames ownership and her subsequent refit as
contemporary vessels has led to the conclusion that Champlain
create a reconstruction of the Champlain II, ex-Oakes,Ames.
detail and discussed as part of the overall architecture of
detailed corporate and financial history of the vessel's
details of the wreck and the folklore that grew surrounding
dramatically wrecked on the night of July 16, 1875.
ferry as a specific vessel type. The narrative includes a
findings of the archaeological recording are presented in
framing and longitudinal support systems that were quite
historical and economic background of Champlain II, ex-Oakes
II, although built for nonpassenger, cross-lake traffic, had
IIs hull construction and comparison between it and
lines, construction and propulsion plans of the vessel. The
Oakes Ames and includes a discussion of the railroad car
of the dimensions of the hull timbers by divers. The
owners, the Rutland Railroad, the Delaware and Hudson Company
period.
railroad car transfer ferry in 1868 at Marks Bay, Burlington,
steamboat wrecks of Lake Champlain. Analysis of Champlain
steamships on Lake Champlain. This thesis examines the
summers of 1993 and 1994, which involved full documentation
the event. The thesis also includes a narrative of the two-
the hull. The archaeological data and archival materials on
The reconstruction is graphically depicted in this thesis by
The steamship Champlain II, ex-Oakes Ames, was built as a
typical for Lake Champlain passenger line steamers of the
Vermont in the private shipyard of Napoleon B. Proctor. The
vessel is then compared to other archaeologically examined
vessel was later converted to a passenger line boat in 1873,
year archaeological study of the vessel, undertaken in the
Item Description:"Major subject: Anthropology".
Vita.
Physical Description:xiv, 203 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.