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DescriptionDetroit in 1820 and steamboat Walk-in-the-Water.jpg
English: The city of Detroit in 1820, with the steamboat Walk-in-the-Water in the foreground. Built in 1818, Walk-in-the-Water was the first steamboat to operate on Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan.
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