Flatboat used in South Hadley Canal.

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Title

Flatboat used in South Hadley Canal.

Subject

Flatboats -- Connecticut River (Mass.); Flatboats -- Massachusetts; Canal-boats -- History; Drawing; Hampshire County (Mass.) -- History; South Hadley (Mass.)

Description

Some flatboats were about 70 feet long and 12 feet wide, with a capacity of 30 tons, some with seven men, three working on each side and the captain steering.

Publisher

C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/

Date

1795-1845

Relation

From the collection of the South Hadley Historical Society, South Hadley, Mass. http://home.comcast.net/~robertjudge/index.html

Format

image/jpg

Type

Image

Identifier

SHHS08

http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shadley,8

Coverage

S. Hadley MA

Files

Collection

South Hadley Collection

Citation

“Flatboat used in South Hadley Canal.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 18, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1131.

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