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Madison Riverfront

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Title	Madison Riverfront
Description	The "Fleetwood" and "New South" are seen at the U.S. Mail Line wharf boat at Madison, Indiana. The wharf boat has been described as a "big barn of a building". It is believed that the "N. Williams, Agent for the Lines" was Captain Nat Williams, father-in-law of Captain Joseph C. Abbott, owner of the Madison-Milton ferry.
Subject	Waterfronts; Ohio River; Madison (Ind.); Steamboats
Type	image; photograph
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 600dpi. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.; Scanned image of an 8 x 10 black and white photograph
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society. Please contact at 615 W. First St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2335.
Source	Jefferson County Historical Society
Identifier	"JCHSV001947"; "MJCPLriver0020"
Notes	This picture is a good example of the activity along the river during the 1800s. Metadata resources: Jefferson County Historical Society; Biographical and Historical Souvenir, John M. Graham & Company, 1889.

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