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• - 1907 steam tugboat Hercules. Includes history, information on restoration and volunteering.
  
• - Includes history of the 1914 steam-powered paddlewheel tugboat.
  
• - Presents pre-Civil War artifacts recovered in 1988 under a Kansas corn field from this ship that sank in the Missouri River in 1856.
  
• - 1890 steam paddlewheel ferry boat Eureka. Information on history, restoration, and facilities.
  
• - Researches the history of the lift and local canals. Provides admission fee details and a booking form for group tours.
  
• - Features record breakers and rare examples of boats, inboard and outboard motors, an extensive collection of historic replica models and memorabilia. Located in Basildon, UK.
  
• - Nonprofit organization is dedicated to restoration of Sweden's last remaining pilot and salvage steamboat, built in 1929. Includes the ship's history, specifications, photos, membership details, and location in Stockholm. [Swedish and English]
  
• - The preservation and restoration to sailing condition of historic Cornish working sail boats. Demonstration of the boats and their rigs.
  
• - Dedicated to the preservation of the traditional skills, documents, vessels and artifacts which record and describe the history and development of yachting around the world.
  
• - Floating collection of traditional canal craft at Ellesmere Port. Includes narrowboats, barges, and icebreakers.
  
• - Offers hands-on courses in traditional boat building techniques, restorations and a boat museum.
  
• - Information on exhibits, hours, admission fees, lectures, and activities.
  
• - Collection includes birch bark canoes, dug outs, northern kayaks and classic commercial canoes.
  
• - Seattle museum includes more than 100 historically significant boats.
  
• - Features a historic collection of steam and motor boats. Located in Cumbria, England.
  
• - Preserves the boats, engines and artifacts of life along the St. Lawrence River.