Travel
Travel along the canal was accomplished by canal packets. There were freight and passenger packets. The passenger packet consisted of a series of rooms along the length. Towards the front was the main saloon. Here meals were taken. This room was converted into a men's dorm for sleeping. The ladies saloon was towards the back of the boat. It was the women's sleeping dorm at night.
Packets were pulled by three horses, oxen, or a mixture of oxen and horses. The most common problems identified in journals of that time were, heat, mosquitoes, and the close proximity to the other passengers.
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Passenger Packet, courtesy of the Canal Interpretive Center, Delphi, IN
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Freight Packet, courtesy of the Canal Interpretive Center, Delphi, IN
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Except for the draft, this represents an average packet, Forks of the Wabash Museum, Huntington, IN
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