Sidewheel Steamers CITY OF CLEVELAND, FLORA, and CITY OF MACKINAC in the Thunder Bay River, c1896.
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Transposed from the personal journal of Dr. William W. Arscott and his entry, "Trip to Rogers City" dated August 29, 1887. Collection held at Presque Isle County Historical Museum and part of the LSTA digitization project.
The following is Dr. Arscott's journey by water from Grummond Dock in Detroit to Rogers City.
"The Grummond Line...also operated the palatial steamer, "Flora" which would leave Detroit for Mackinac Island each week on Tuesday at 9:00 pm.
Subsequently, I learned that a Propeller was a vessel driven by a screw-propeller, while a steamer was, at that time, the designation for a side-wheeler or one driven by paddle-wheels."
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