May, 2004
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The steamboat Ticonderoga is America's last remaining side paddlewheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine. It was saved from destruction and brought overland from Lake Champlain to the museum grounds in 1954. |
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This is the central lounge area. The Ticonderoga carried freight, passengers, soldiers and gamblers from 1906 until she was taken out of the water. |
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This jail from Castleton was built in 1890 and was like a fortress. It was mostly constructed of slate reinforced with railroad irons. |
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Michael is a dead ringer for any criminal unlucky enough to have been locked up in this jail. |