Barge

Name/Title

Barge

Entry/Object ID

2005.04.01

Description

Shad shack that once floated on the water with a heavy scow bottom. Made of clapboard sides and wood shingled roof. Has a single, fixed six light window on both port and starboard. There is a small door at both stem and stern. It is a single room inside with a coal burning stove, white painted wood dresser and a bunk bed. Owned by Fritz Elliott who used it off the shore of Old Baltimore. When APG purchased the lands and waters of the area he moved the shack onto the property of the Boyers on the Bush River.

Collection

Henry Boyer Collection