Shelburne, VT: 1906-53 Steamboat travels 9,250' (2.8km) overland to a Museum

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Shelburne Museum

Shelburne Museum posted four photos with the comment:

In 1955, the “Ticonderoga” slowly crossed the tracks of the Rutland Railroad—delaying a northbound train in the process! After nearly 50 years traversing Lake Champlain and 67 days of overland travel, the “Ti’s” final, 9,250-foot [2.8km, 1.75 miles] voyage culminated on the grounds of Shelburne Museum. Crews set to work permanently mooring the “Ti” in a custom-built basin.

Images: Unidentified photographer, “Aerial View Showing the Cradle In Front of the Vessel Before the Ticonderoga Moved Onto it,” December 30, 1954. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum Archives.

Unidentified photographer, “The Ticonderoga Ready to Move Across Bay Road as she Begins her Sixty-Five Day Journey to the Museum,” 1955. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum Archives.PS4.20.6-111.

Roger Conant, “Laying Rails Before Moving the Ticonderoga,” 1955. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum Archives.PS4.20.6-511.

Bert Bach, “The Ticonderoga in Place at Shelburne Museum,” late 1950s. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum Archives. PS4.20.7-6.

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Lorraine Townsend Faherty posted
With my dad, Tony Townsend, Essex Ny, on the Ti on Lake Champlain summer, 1951?

This museum has a lot more displays than just this steamboat.

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"The restored 220-foot [67m] steamboat is a National Historic Landmark and the last walking beam side-wheel passenger steamer in existence."