Steam Launch Buttercup, Long Lake City Hall, Long Lake, Hamilton County, NY
Summary
Significance: Steam Launch Buttercup is the sole survivor of a large group of small, propeller-driven steamboats that were essential in opening up the central Adirondacks to tourism in the decades after the Civil War.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1260
Survey number: HAER NY-347
Building/structure dates: 1881 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1959 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Durant, William West
Blue Mountain and Raquette Lake Steamboat Line
Todd, J C
Ashcroft, E H
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Long Lake, 43.97269, -74.42043
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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