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      Photograph of the steamboat OLCOTT on Lake Ontario

     

      After Many Years Parties gathering driftwood near Snake Creek, in the town of Mexico Friday found a chair stamped, "Schr. W.I. Preston." The schooner Preston hailed from Oswego and was wrecked on Simcoe Island near Kingston, fifteen or sixteen years ago. She was in command ...

      Death of Captain John B. Estes of Charlotte The recent death of Captain John B. Estes of Charlotte at the age of or more than 90 years has brought into review something of the remarkable career of this last sailor whose record was when there were in reality "Men before …

      Coloured postcard of the IDEAL and another steamer at the pier at Sodus Point. In the background is a steam yacht and other sailing boats.

      Postmarked at Sodus in 1907.

      Photograph of passengers queuing for the Niagara and St. Lawrence Navigation Company steamboat IROQUOIS at the dock in Oswego.

      Originally the ship chandlery of Daniel Lyons & Son, later John S. Parsons, was located in the old Academy of Music building on Water street, that was also called Doolittle Hall. Photo is taken at the corner of West Cayuga and Water streets. The structure was condemned as unsafe in …

      Photograph of Sackets Harbor about 1907-08 with a small fleet of steamboats and barges and the revneue cutter. The ribs of the JEFFERSON can be seen breaking the surface in the middle left of the image.

      Last major vessel built at the Goble shipyard was the "Frontenac," a dipper dredge. Built for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the summer 1891. 75' x 26' x 6'. Went into service that October. Rebuilt in 1910. Abandoned. Hull became part of foundation of pier for Oswego Yacht …

      Captain Hiram Henderson spent 60 years as a lake sailor Captain Hiram Henderson, master of the schooner Ishpeming, lying at the D.L.& W. trestle awaiting her turn to load for Canada, has seen more service than any other sailor on the chain of the Great Lakes and in spite of …

      Obituary. ___ Nicholas C. Goble. Nicholas C. Goble, son of the late George Goble , and for a number of years associated with him in vessel building, died yesterday ...

      Death Of Brower Morgan. A Veteran Ship Carpenter Passes Away. Brower W. Morgan , a well known resident of this city, died at an early hour this morning at his home, 168 West Seneca St. He was eight-three years old and for ...

      Schooner Goes Down Kate Lyons Founders at Holland While Trying to Make the Entrance to That Harbor. No Lives Lost. Special to the Press. Holland, Mich., Oct. 20: - After being in ...

      BADGER STATE became more legitimate, maybe, but she burned to a total loss the following year on the St. Clair River with the loss of 15 lives.

      A Gastly Find. _______ Captain Mallett, of the Barge Witbeck, Wants No More Such Nerve Tests Captain Mallett, of the barge Witbeck, had a ghastly find when he began to unfurl his topsails last evening. The barge arrived here about 2 p.m. behind the steamer Avon, ...

      He is buried in Riverview Cemetery, Oswego.

      SCHOONER IS LOST _______ Foundered on Thursday off Sodus Point, N. Y. _______ The Crew Took to the Yawl and Were Able to Reach Shore - The Coal Was For Swift Destined For Queen's University. "Schooner Queen of the Lakes Foundered. All the crew ...

      On lake bottom the barge Onondaga founders on Lake Ontario The coal barge Onondoga foundered on Lake Ontario, one mile North of Stony Point Light, Tuesday and is at the bottom with 632 tons of coal in her bulk. The Black Diamond, a sister coal barge, is sunk near Navy …

      PIONEER SCREW VESSELS OF THE LAKES. Mr. Samuel R. Kirby Describes and Illustrates Vessels on Which He Sailed - Sketch of the Ramsey Crooks - Interesting Events of Early Days. During the past two weeks the Review has received from Mr. Samuel R. Kirby of New York, father of the …