On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 10:28 AM, W. Scott Smith wrote: >> It covers in 32 pages the >> history all the way from George Washington to the rotting hulk of the >> last >> packet boat, which finally returned to dust near Lynchburg. > > I should add that the iron hull of the Packet Boat Marshall has > not -completely- > returned to dust...yet. A portion of it lies in state at Riverside > Park (off > of Rivermont Avenue) in Lynchburg. > The front 45 feet of an iron-hulled packet boat is on display at the 12th street Power Plant in Richmond, although for how much longer due to renovation is problematical. During the 1983-1985 James Center excavations, we also got a nearly complete packet boat, iron-hulled, with the wood interior from which we were finally able to get some measurements and ideas about what went where. That, sadly, awaits funds for write-up. Lyle Browning To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html