Wood from Propeller <I>Indiana</I>
notes: label: Description
content: The abundance of timber along the shores of the Great Lakes gave steamboats a ready supply of fuel. Partly burned logs from <I>Indiana</I>’s boiler grate indicate that the boiler had been stoked just before the steamboat sank.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: Great Lakes
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: On the Water exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Michigan Department of State, Michigan History Division (through Bruce J. Andrews)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1030.64.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1030.64
label: accession number
content: 1979.1030
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cordwood fuel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average: 48 in x 6 in; x 121.92 cm x 15.24 cm