Steaming Along
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:17 amWell, I can never say I'm without ignorance. When I was young I thought stage coaches had been made somewhere in the old U.S. west because I only saw them in westerns (films); it was some while later that I discovered that their mfg name was the Concord Coach, all made near Concord, New Hampshire.
The days of the steamboat seemed quite past and, for the most part, associated with the Mississippi or the oceans, although the M/S Mount Washington (the current one was not the first) steamed Lake Winnipesaukee for a long while; just to mention, the current M/S Mount Washington plies the waters when winter's chill is gone. I found out about this too late for this year but, although only four showed up for the 1972 inception, more than 50 steamboats showed up this year for the annual Lee's Mill Steamboat Meet.
The days of the steamboat seemed quite past and, for the most part, associated with the Mississippi or the oceans, although the M/S Mount Washington (the current one was not the first) steamed Lake Winnipesaukee for a long while; just to mention, the current M/S Mount Washington plies the waters when winter's chill is gone. I found out about this too late for this year but, although only four showed up for the 1972 inception, more than 50 steamboats showed up this year for the annual Lee's Mill Steamboat Meet.
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