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Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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    • Date Created: 1955-03-25
    • Description: March 25, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga nears the Rutland Railroad tracks. The workmen are laying sections of temporary track leading up to the permanent ones. The plan is to have the boat cross the Rutland tracks between trains traveling north and south. The boat has traveled 9000 of its 9250 foot journey to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 152.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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      • Description: A helicopter flies over the steamship Ticonderoga as the paddle-boat makes it way along double railroad tracks to the Shelburne Museum. W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire oversaw the boat's overland journey. Undated but probably March 1955.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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        • Date Created: 1955-02-05
        • Description: February 5, 1955. Wooden timbers stretch across between the double railroad tracks upon which the steamship Ticonderoga inches its way overland to its final resting place, the Shelburne Museum. The tracks were laid in 300 foot sections in front of the vessel. Crewmen work the tracks to keep the ship online. The move was made in the winter so the frozen ground could support the rails and the immense weight. Photo 124.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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          • Date Created: 1955-01-26
          • Description: January 26, 1955. The bow of the steamship Ticonderoga, is seen here. The entire ship is seated and welded to a wheeled cradle upon which the ship will be moved along the double railroad tracks laid before it. The cradle had been submerged in a man made basin that was flooded, the boat positioned over the cradle and then the basin drained allowing the boat to come to rest on the cradle. Photo 106.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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            • Date Created: 1955-01-31
            • Description: January 31, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga begins its 9,250 foot overland journey to the Shelburne Museum. The ship has been welded to its wheeled cradle. The railroad tracks have been laid in front of her and she will make a 150 foot advance on this first day. Photo 115.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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              • Date Created: 1955-02-05
              • Description: February 5, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga inches her way along double railroad tracks. Metal rods and wooden planks span the center between the two tracks. Men of W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire attend the rails helping to ensure that the boat safely navigates its 2 mile trip overland to the Shelburne Museum.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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                • Date Created: 1955-02-19
                • Description: February 19, 1955. The steamship Ticonderoga travels overland pulled by winches as it rides along double railroad tracks. On the left workman from the W. B. Hill Company of Tilton, New Hampshire work the rails while a family stands nearby on the right. Photo 136.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Ticonderoga - Move to Shelburne Museum
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                  • Description: November 6, 1954. The steamship Ticonderoga, her engines still, the lower half of her paddlewheels temporarily removed sits at the end of Shelburne Bay near the LaPlatte River. A tugboat was required to push her into a man made basin dug to allow her to be positioned over a wheeled cradle needed to move her 2 miles overland to the Shelburne Museum. Photo 41.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Vermont [Steamboat]
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                    • Description: Vermont (steamboat) rests in its cradle in dry dock at the Shelburne Shipyard, Shelburne, Vermont. Late 1920s, early 1930?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Ticonderoga
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                      • Description: Steamship Ticonderoga loaded with passengers seen inside the breakwater on Lake Champlain. Undated but may be 1950s.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs