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John Lester Barstow to Laura
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- Creator: Barstow, John Lester, 1832-1913.
- Date Created: 1863-03-26
- Description: Topics include Barstow's sickness, of him sent to New Orleans for rest but ordered back to his regiment as Heitzel's Brigade was to retreat, a very hard rain that flooded the camp, Admiral David Farragut at the siege of Port Hudson (on March 14), the retreat of General Banks and his army to Baton Rouge, his feelings other southern cities will soon fall and he will be going home, burning of the steamer, BioBio and perhaps the burning and loss of the mail with it and requests for photographs.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, John Lester Barstow Correspondence
Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Date Created: 1955-04-12
- Description: April 12, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga is positioned in the berthing basin on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. Behind the ship is seen the Colchester Lighthouse, one of the buildings of the museum. Photo 162.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Vermont [Steamboat]
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- Description: Photo of the steamboat ferry, Vermont owned by the Champlain Transportation Company, with a large number of people on deck and in the foreground. Undated. 1920s? 1930s? The original Vermont side wheeler was built in 1808 by John and James Winans in Burlington, Vermont. It sank in 1815 but its engine and boiler were recovered and sold to the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Date Created: 1955-02-09
- Description: February 9, 1955. The steamship, Ticonderoga (built in 1906), slowly inches its way across a frozen field on its way to a permanent site, the Shelburne Museum. The boat is welded to its cradle pulled by winches. Railroad tracks were laid in sections of 300 ahead of the vessel. Progress per day was never more than 250 feet. Photo 132.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Description: November 5, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen in a basin dug at the southern end of Shelburne Bay. The lower half of her paddlewheels have been temporarily removed so as to allow the boat to fit in the basin. Her engines are not running during this part of the operation. Photo 40.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Shelburne Shipyard
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- Description: Is this the underside of the steamboat Vermont with a view of its paddlewheel in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard? See also mcalA18F16i06 for another view.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Date Created: 1954-11-06
- Description: November 6, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga is seen just out of the water. Large cranes and railroad tracks are nearby. A 450 foot long basin was dug, then filled with water to position the ship onto a cradle and then the basin drained. Photo 66.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Date Created: 1955-01-26
- Description: January 26, 1955. The steamboat Ticonderoga sits upon its wheeled cradle on double railroad tracts. The lower half of her paddlewheels have been temporarily removed. Photo 108.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Date Created: 1955-03-08
- Description: March 8, 1955. A helicopter flies over the steamship Ticonderoga as the paddle-boat makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversaw the boat's overland journey. Photo 147.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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- Description: November 5, 1954. The steamboat Ticonderoga is seen in Shelburne Bay. A basin was dug, filled with water to raise the ship onto a cradle and then the basin was drained so the ship came to rest on the cradle for its 2 mile overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 46.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs