Lake steamers of North America
They may have served as passenger boats, freighters, mail-boats, log-boom vessels or a combination thereof.The construction of such vessels posed unique problems on water bodies located away from established dry-docks and marine railways, or connecting canals to such facilities.In some countries such as Switzerland, lake steamers may have been preserved in their original configuration.In the United States with its dynamic economy and changing cultural mores, the survival of such boats often depended on reuses and power plant changes.The MS Mount Washington, with four different power-plants and changes from side-wheeler to screw steamer to diesel power, provides a fine example.
Great LakesSwitzerlandMS Mount WashingtonGeneva LakeMinnehahaLake MinnetonkaVirginia VPuget SoundLake UnionSeattleLake WashingtonTiconderogaLake ChamplainShelburne MuseumShelburne, VermontMoosehead LakeBath Iron Workslog driveMohican IILake GeorgeNew YorkNational Register of Historic PlacesMS Mount WashingtonLake WinnipesaukeeNew HampshiresidewheelerBurlingtonLakeport, New Hampshire