"Arrow" Steamboat

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Title

"Arrow" Steamboat

Description

The banks of the Rock River with the excursion steamboat "Arrow" and row boats. The "Arrow" was the first steamboat launched in Rockford in 1885. It sank in 1900. This picture may be of the "Arrow's" maiden voyage on the Rock River.

Date

circa 1885

Identifier

80.137.4

Physical Dimensions

10" x 8"

Citation

“"Arrow" Steamboat,” Midway Village Museum - Digital Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://midwayvillagemuseumdigitalcollections.omeka.net/items/show/3763.