Open AccessArchaeology of the Early 19th‐Century American Steamboat Phoenix
Author(s) -
Schwarz George
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of nautical archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1095-9270
pISSN - 1057-2414
DOI - 10.1111/1095-9270.12119
Subject(s) - phoenix , archaeology , shoal , national monument , history , geography , geology , oceanography , metropolitan area
In September 1819, the passenger steamboat Phoenix caught fire on Lake Champlain and sank off of Colchester Shoal, Vermont, depositing a store of archaeological data on the design and use of early American steamers. The wreck is believed to be the earliest example of a steamboat that has yet been investigated archaeologically, and has been used as a case study for the early development of steam propulsion in North America.