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2. Johnson Boat Works - Wikipedia

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   Johnson Boat Works was a builder and developer of racing sailboats of the scow design in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. It was founded in 1896, by John O. Johnson who had emigrated from Norway in 1893. After working with Gus Amundson [ who? ] for three years, Johnson started his own boat-building business in 1896.

3. Legacy of the Lakes Museum - Wikipedia

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   Legacy of the Lakes Museum. / 45.8901; -95.3793. The Legacy of the Lakes Museum, known as the Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum until 2016, is a maritime museum in Alexandria, Minnesota. It was opened in 2004 and contains a variety of historic boats and artifacts.

4. Lake freighter - Wikipedia

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   Lake freighter. SS Arthur M. Anderson, with pilothouse forward and engine room astern, also equipped with a self-unloading boom. Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified as ships. [ 1][ 2] Freighters typically have a long ...

5. H.W. Embree and Sons - Wikipedia

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   In 1883, H. W. Embree and Sons were responsible for sending a fishing banker, or "Canso boat," to the International Fisheries Exhibition in London, where it won the first medal out of 7500 competitors. Displayed at full mast with a wax mannequin for a captain, the boat was purchased and used by the Prince of Wales, who would become Edward VII.

6. Steamboats of the Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Steamboats played a major role in the 19th-century development of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, allowing practical large-scale transport of passengers and freight both up- and down-river. Using steam power, riverboats were developed during that time which could navigate in shallow waters as well as upriver against strong currents.

7. Padelford Riverboats - Wikipedia

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   Vessels. The Jonathan Padelford is a nearly-authentic Mark Twain-era sternwheeler riverboat that was built in 1969 at Dubuque Boat and Boiler Co., Dubuque, IA. The boat replicates the paddle wheel mechanism, but operates on diesel fuel instead of the original steam technology. Two years after completion the Padelford was taken to a shipyard in ...