Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Lower entrance, Sault Ste. Marie Canal

Description
Creator
Hill, A., Illustrator
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Woodcuts
Description
Woodcut engraving of the lower entrance to the Sault Ste. Marie (Soo) canal with a steamer and a crowd of passengers. Along with other flags the steamboat is flying a pennant with "E. WARD" and another with "LAKE SUPERIOR LINE". On either side of the canal are piles of excavated earth.
Notes
Illustration appeared in Ballou's Pictorial, (Boston, 9 May 1857), p. 297.
Inscriptions
"Lower entrance, Sault Ste. Marie Canal"
Publisher
M. M. Ballou
Place of Publication
Boston
Date of Original
9 May 1857
Dimensions
Width: 17 cm
Height: 11.6 cm
Subject(s)
Canals
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
Steamboats
Local identifier
0
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Sault Sainte Marie
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 46.502498420289 Longitude: -84.3434572219849
Copyright Statement
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Lower entrance, Sault Ste. Marie Canal


Woodcut engraving of the lower entrance to the Sault Ste. Marie (Soo) canal with a steamer and a crowd of passengers. Along with other flags the steamboat is flying a pennant with "E. WARD" and another with "LAKE SUPERIOR LINE". On either side of the canal are piles of excavated earth.