National Historic Landmark · dredger · Brownville, Nebraska

Captain Meriwether Lewis (dredge)

Historic paddle steamship and museum in Nebraska, United States in Brownville, Nebraska. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1977
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What it is

Wikipedia · Captain Meriwether Lewis

The dredge Captain Meriwether Lewis is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The dredge is one of the few surviving examples of its type built to control flooding and improve navigation along the nation's rivers.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressSE of Brownville, Brownville vicinity, NE
CountyNemaha County
ListedOct 28, 1977
Reference number77000833
Type of placedredger, preserved watercraft
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressSE of Brownville, Brownville, NE
Coordinates40.39480, -95.65093 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitLewis & Clark National Historic Trail · 62 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77000833. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.