Vermont's Steamboat Pioneer: Captain Jahaziel Sherman of Vergennes Academic Article

abstract

• With the launch of Phoenix I in 1815, Captain Jahaziel Sherman brought a new era of steam navigation to Lake Champlain. A man gifted with practical skills as a mariner, business acumen and connections, and relentless drive, for the next two decades he ensured that the full potential of the latest steamboat technology was achieved and that the traveling public was adequately served by fast, reliable, commodious vessels.

authors

• Crisman, Kevin
• Kennedy, Carolyn

published proceedings

• Vermont History

author list (cited authors)

• Crisman, K., Kennedy, C., & Schwarz, G.

complete list of authors

• Crisman, Kevin||Kennedy, Carolyn||Schwarz, George

publication date

• January 2018

published in

• n0042-4161ISSN  Journal

start page

• 125

end page

• 161

volume

• 86

issue

• 2

URL

• https://vermonthistory.org/journal/86/VH8602JahazielSherman.pdf