PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY
Carl Charlson

STORY BY
Harold Evans

TELESCRIPT BY
Carl Charlson

CO-PRODUCER
Cathleen O'Connell

EDITED BY
Jonathan Sahula

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Stephen McCarthy

MUSIC BY
Brian Keane

NARRATOR
David Ogden Stiers

ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
Michael E. Mushlitz

INTERNS
Blake Doughty
Mark Benson

ASSISTANT CAMERA
Jill Tufts
Tim Sweeney
Roger Holiday

SOUND
Steve Bores
Tom Williams

GAFFER
Dave Cambria
Frans Wetterings
Dan Lang
Guy Holt

KEY GRIP
Brendan Keefe

GRIP
Midwest Grip & Lighting
Jason Bowen

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Katha Seidman

ART DIRECTOR
Aileen Sovronsky

ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANTS
Noah Dubreuil
Danica Chipman
Jen Marberry

COSTUME DESIGNER
Virginia Johnson

WARDROBE ASSISTANT
Jessica Curtwright

HAIR & MAKEUP
Leah Sansouci
Anna Brecke
Roxanne Manzano

FITCH STEAMBOAT BUILT BY
Paul Cartwright
John Titus

LOCATION SCOUTS
Dan Laborde
Teresa Phelps

JOHN FITCH PLAYED BY
Patrick Zeller

ACTORS
Walter Blenky
Dan Bolton
Jim Butterfield
Sal Carmosino
Erick Cassie
Allison Clear
Erin Cozens
Ciaran Crawford
Don Daily
Alex Daunis
Gary Fuller
Rachel Harker
Jim Hart
David Jennings
Julie Jirousek
Doug Lockwood
Rob Lyon
Helen McElwain
Nat McIntyre
Bill Mootis
Reed Morris
Graham Outerbridge
Dale Place
Byron Saathoff
Dana Scarborough
Katherine Sipolt-Rosenthal
Lewis Wheeler

SCORE

String Section
Dan Barrett
Roxanne Bergman
Kurt Coble
Leo Huppert
Jill Jaffee
Robert Zubrycki

Woodwinds
Lawrence Feldman
Robert Ingliss

Horns
Peter Gordon
Tony Kadleck

Vocals
Michael Terry

Keyboard & Guitar
Brian Keane

Copyist
Don Wallace

Music Editor
Keith Chirgwin

Engineers
Jeff Frez Albrecht
Tommy Skarupa
Robert H. Blatt

Orchestrated by
Brian Keane

Recorded At
Little Big Feet Studio, Monroe, CT

SPECIAL THANKS
Merritt Roe Smith
John K. Brown
Beall Woods State Park, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
Town of Wrentham, MA
Gore Place Society, Waltham, MA
Cynthia Phillip
Gary Owen, EMF Company
Tufts University Dept. of Drama and Dance
Sarah Fisher, Mystic Seaport
Quentin Snediker, Mystic Seaport
Susanna Bonta, Old Sturbridge Village
Tim Broy, Beall Woods
Ralph Freise, Chicagoland Canoe Base
John Tosy, Cloud Nine Limousine Service
Professor Joseph Smith, MIT
Dr. Len Bruno, Library of Congress
Linda Karlsson Carter, Harvard Libraries

CASTING
Justin Waldman
Tony Gerard

ARCHIVAL SOURCES
Abbeville Press
American Philosophical Society
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Amon Carter Museum
Architect of the Capitol
Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Budget Films
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Centre for Kentish Studies
Clermont State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Colonial Williamsburg
Columbia County Historical Society
Connecticut Historical Society
Corbis Motion
Corbis Pictures
Culver Pictures
Dun & Bradstreet
Eli Whitney Museum
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Getty Images
Granger Collection
Harvard Map Collection
Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library
The Haynie Family Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Independence National Historical Park
Indiana University Art Museum
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly
David W. Johnson
John McWilliams
The Library Company of Philadelphia
Library of Congress
MacDonald and Associates
The Mariners' Museum
Medford Historical Society, Medford, MA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minnesota Historical Society
Museum of Connecticut History/Connecticut State Library
Museum of the City of New York
Museum of New Mexico
National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Garrison Norton
New Jersey Historical Society
New York Historical Society
New York Public Library
New York State Historical Association
Ohio State Historical Society
Pennsylvania State Archives
Producers Library Service
Dr. John Spellman Collection
University of Maryland Architecture Library
Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford
Wells Fargo Archive
R. L. Wilson
WGBH Digital Library
Yellowstone Press

SOUND MIX
Heartpunch Studios, Boston

FILM PROCESSING
AlphaCine/Toybox, Toronto

COLOR CORRECT
Finish, Boston

ANIMATION AND DESIGN
Edgeworx, New York

ONLINE EDIT
Edgeworx, New York

BUSINESS MANAGER
Rod Alleyne

SERIES PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Stéphanie Boutin

FOR THE WGBH HISTORY UNIT

POST PRODUCTION
Greg Shea

SERIES DESIGNER
Alison Kennedy

ON-LINE EDITOR
Spencer Gentry

SOUND MIX
John Jenkins

BUSINESS MANAGER
John Van Hagen

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION
Nancy Farrell
Vanessa Ruiz
Helen R. Russell
Rebekah Suggs

LEGAL
Jay Fialkov
Maureen Jordan

DIRECTOR, NEW MEDIA
Maria Daniels

PRODUCER, NEW MEDIA
Caitlin O'Neil

PUBLICITY
Daphne B. Noyes
Johanna Baker
Susan Trabucchi
Olivia Wong

SERIES MANAGER
James E. Dunford

COORDINATING PRODUCER
Susan Mottau

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR INNOVATORS VENTURES, LLC
Sarah Frank

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE FOR INNOVATORS VENTURES, LLC
Jonathan Marder

RESEARCH CONSULTANT
David Lefer

PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORIAN
Gail Buckland

SERIES ADVISOR
Daniel J. Kevles

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Harold Evans

SERIES PRODUCER
Carl Charlson

SUPERVISING PRODUCER
Sharon Grimberg

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Mark Samels

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