Flat Boat at Conewango Creek Dam (circa 1880)

Warren Library Association - Historic Photographs

About

Subject

Flatboats -- boats -- people -- Floods

Description

A trading, or flat, boat built in Russell by Ira Briggs was stuck on the Conewango dam in Warren in the mid-to late 1880s. High water soon floated it off the dam and it was taken on down river. Pilot Lorenzo Badger is seated on the roof of the boat.

Creator

Unknown

Date

ca 1880

Time Period Covered

19th and 20th Century photography and text.

Type

Image

Original Format

Photographs

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Date Digitized

2005-11

Source

Warren Library Association Photograph Collection

Identifier

197

Relation

Allegheny Chronicles-Rafting and Lumbering

Rights

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Contact

For information on source and images, contact the Warren Library Association, Reference Department, 205 Market St., Warren, PA 16365. Phone (814) 723-4650, Reference menu option, or email reference@warrenlibrary.org .

Contributing Institution

Warren Library Association

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.