Shorpy Photo The Icemobile 1905

[msamslex]

I was browsing Shorpy photos. This caught my eye. Best viewed in full size.



Icemobile: 1905 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive

[Whitehouse]

That's an oldie! This picture, or a similar one caught my eye about a year ago and it led to one hell of an interesting thread.

Here it is.

[[Ended up a bit nasty, about copyright and such.... But stick to the boat links.)

[carlscomputers]

Wasn't the floating restaurant behind Cobo named the Lansdowne too? Was it the same one that's in Shorpy pic?

[Sandhouse]

That is indeed the same Lansdowne, recently scrapped in Ohio. If I remember right, the engines dated to 1867, but the iron hull was a bit newer, 1880's maybe?