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TITLE:  Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat

CALL NUMBER:  Illus. in AP2.A2 U6 [Rare Book RR]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-110381 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars.

MEDIUM:  1 print : wood engraving.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [1786 December]

RELATED NAMES:

Fitch, John, 1743-1798.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cist, & J. Trenchard, 1786 December.

Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 191.

SUBJECTS:

Steamboats--1780-1790.
Ferries--1780-1790.

FORMAT:

Periodical illustrations 1780-1790.
Wood engravings 1780-1790.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c10381 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c10381

CONTROL #:  2006691757



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