•The Phoenix was the first steamboat built by the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company 1815 in Vergennes
•The fee to get onto the Phoenix was $8.00
•The boat cost $45,000
•The Phoenix could go 8 miles per hour at its fastest speed
•Steamboats were used for carrying people and heavy cargo like marble from Vermont to New York
• Many people did not want to ride on steamboats because they were powered by fire
• People thought that they were riding on a floating bomb
•Steamboats were faster than ferries so they were competition for the wind powered boats
This is a replica of the Phoenix. The Phoenix was very special because the iron rods that held the boiler and engines are visible.
•The Phoenix is a steamboat
•124 feet long and 27 feet wide
•The iron rods that hold the boiler and engines are visible also the rudder hardware is visible at the stern
•It burned and sank off Colchester Reef in 1819
•The Phoenix burned in the middle of Lake Champlain
The Phoenix carried mostly people. It was $10.00 to go from Burlington to Whitehall. Meals were served. Originally it was used to transport cargo. When the Pheonix added passengers, luch furnishings were added and additional crew.