Coal from Propeller Indiana
Coal from Propeller Indiana
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- Description
- The abundance of timber along the shores of the Great Lakes gave steamboats a ready supply of fuel. Partly burned logs from Indiana's boiler grate indicate that the boiler had been stoked just before the steamboat sank.
- Pound for pound, coal provides more energy than wood. Coal was found in the vicinity of the boiler in the hold, and historical sources indicate that it was a common fuel on upbound (northerly) voyages, while wood was the principal downbound fuel.
- Object Name
- coal
- Associated Place
- Great Lakes
- Physical Description
- coal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in; 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.1030.07
- accession number
- 1979.1030
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michigan Department of State, Michigan History Division (through Bruce J. Andrews)
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- Energy & Power
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- Transportation
- On the Water exhibit
- Exhibition
- On the Water
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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