Vergennes Falls
Artist:
GILES & CO.
Date: c. 1868
Location depicted:Vergennes, Vermont, United States
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions:
11 7/16 in x 18 1/2 in
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 1978.14
DescriptionThe scene is one of five mill-buildings at Vergennes Falls on the Otter Creek; there are three other secondary buildings; on the water are seven vessels including the Water Lily, a steam-powered river boat; it is pulling either two barges or boats, one of them named Eureka; the print is an advertisement for the merchantile and manufacturing firms listed below the scene; it is dedicated to George W. Grandey, a four-time mayor of Vergennes
Not on view
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