Brownsville in Fayette County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Steamboat Enterprise/Boatbuilding Center

Steamboat Enterprise Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 17, 2011

1. Steamboat Enterprise Marker

Inscription.
Steamboat Enterprise
Fourth steamboat built in Western Pennsylvania, Bridgeport, 1814. Engine design by Daniel French. Captain Henry M. Shreve, commanding. Steamed to New Orleans, Fall, 1814 and returned June 1815. First steamboat to ascend the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

Boatbuilding Center
Flatboats and keelboats built here for trade and downriver migration, 1780-1820. From 1825-1903 a leading steamboat construction center. Over 700 steamboats were built in Bridgeport and West Brownsville and completed in Brownsville.

Erected 1994 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1814.

Location. 40° 1.285′ N, 79° 53.297′ W. Marker is in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is at the intersection of High Street and Bank Street, on the right when traveling west on High Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brownsville PA 15417, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dunlap’s Creek Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Brownsville - Route 40 Bridge

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(within shouting distance of this marker); The First Cast Iron Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Brownsville Military Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lafayette's Tour (approx. 0.2 miles away); Redstone Old Fort (approx. ¼ mile away); Bowman's Castle (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brownsville.

Also see . . . Boatbuilding Center/Steamboat Enterprise - Behind the Marker. Explore PA History (Submitted on July 11, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Boatbuilding Center Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 17, 2011

2. Boatbuilding Center Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 17, 2011

3. Steamboat Enterprise Marker

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 17, 2011

4. Boatbuilding Center Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,271 times since then and 56 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 17, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.