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Source Maker:
KONICA MINOLTA

Source Model:
MAXXUM 5D

EXIF Version:
2.2

Capture Date:
9/4/06 9:20:36

Aperture:
f10.0

Shutter Speed:
1/200 sec

Exposure Bias:
+0.0

Exposure Program:
Program

Focal Length:
45.0 mm

Light Source:
Auto

Flash:
OFF - Compulsory flash mode

Metering:
Pattern

ISO Speed:
100


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James Rumsey is widely credited (in West Virginia) with inventing the steamboat. Born in Cecil County, Maryland, in 1743, he moved to Shepherdstown, Virginia (it became West Virginia as a result of the Civil War) and successfully demonstrated a steamboat on the Potomac on December 3, 1787. This plaque is at the base of a monument to Rumsey in Shepherdstown. Photo © 2006 Lawrence I. Charters
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