Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT
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Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remaining "walking-beam" marine steam engines remaining in the U.S., TICONDEROGA plied the waters of Lake Champlain carrying day passengers, excursion groups and freight from 1906 through 1953. Now located several miles inland at the Shelburne Museum, this steel vessel was the last coal-powered ship in service on the lake and remains essential unchanged.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N170
Survey number: HAER VT-14
Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1953 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1994 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000797
Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
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