From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
The Steamship CHATEAUGUAY operating on Lake Champlain.
The Steamship CHATEAUGUAY operating on Lake Champlain. The CHATEAUGUAY was a sidewheeler which was powered by a walking beam engine* which can be seen atop the structure just aft of the stack. * The walking beam engine, technically known as a vertical beam engine, was a type of marine steam engine in widespread use in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and occasionally in other countries. They were used mainly to power sidewheel steamboats and steamships, though a small number were adapted to power screw steamers. The engine operates with a vertical piston in a cylinder which is powered by steam pressure to a beam which pivots in the center and transmits the motion through the "walking beam" down a crankshaft by a long connecting rod. Built in 1888 at the Shelburne Shipyard for a sum of $150,000 - the CHATEAUGUAY was designed to transport passengers and light cargo. Quickly replacing sailing vessels as the preferred mode of transportation, these steamships were eventually made obsolete with the rise of the automobile. In 1940, the Chateauguay was sold, dismantled, and rebuilt for a second life as the MOUNT WASHINGTON on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. https://www.samessenger.com/news/upbeat/whatever-happened-to-the-steamship-chateauguay-its-second-life-might-surprise-you/article_a3576104-f90f-11ea-ae12-3b97a7cc98f9.html