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      Wire-Rigged Vessels. - Capt. Robert Gaskin, an old pioneer of the lakes, and general agent for the late improved fit-out for vessels known as the wire standing gear, has been in this city for several days past preparing to fit out for a number of vessels now in process of …

      Steamboat Collision. - Propeller Magnet Sunk. - Last night at about half-past ten o'clock as the steamer Bay State, of the American Express line, Capt. Morley, was passing from Ogdensburgh to this port, when seven miles below Kingston, she run into and sunk the Propeller Magnet, ...

      Irwin & Sloan's New Elevator. - One of the most deplorable calamities striking at the business interests of the city was the burning of the great elevator of Messrs. Irwin & Sloan, which occurred last fall. The building was the largest and finestg of its kind in the city, or …

      A Splendid Canal Boat. - One of the largest and staunchest boats ever built fgor the canals is now lying at the dock-yard in Texas. It is owned by Geo. A. Marsden, of Texas, and was built by S.M. Robinson of Oswego. The heel was laid about the 10th day …

      A TRIP FROM BUFFALO TO DETROIT IN 1825 _______ Six Days on Lake Erie in a First-Class Steamer _______ No long ago I observed a communication in THE FREE PRESS entitled "Steamers Flying Between Detroit and Buffalo in 1832." Trusting that some of my recollections ...

      It is debatable whether this medium-sized tug (110 ft., 123 t.) was named W. R. MUIR or W. K. MUIR. There was another tug named W. K. MUIR, operating out of Milwaukee at this time. Extracts of official records show the spelling W. R. MUIR though she always shows in …

      THE ILL-FATED TUG MUIR. - This ill-fated steamer, the career of which terminated so disastrously, was formerly the Hamilton Morton, and was built at Buffalo in 1854. After several years' service the Morton was partially destroyed by fire at this port, and in 1863 was rebuilt and ...

      Total Loss of Life on the Lakes During the year 1867 ______ The following is an accurate detail of deaths among seamen during the year now closing, either from natural cause or accident, and total loss of lives on the lakes: Gilman Appleby, an old steamboat ...

      TO SHIP AND BOAT OWNERS A card from the owners and proprietors of the ship and boat yards appearing in the columns of your paper, Mr. Editor stating that the Ship Carpenters and Caulkers' Protective Union attempted virtually to manage, or mismanage, their yards, and strove to ...

      The Jamaica -- The schooner Jamaica was launched at the foot of West First street at 4(?) O'clock yesterday afternoon. The Jamaica was built by Messrs. Goble and Mcfarlane for Thomas Mott, Esq., and has been sold by him to M. L. Wheeler, Esq., and Capt. Shattuck. She is built …

      A New Tug in the Harbor. - We were this morning treated to a very pleasant excursion over the blue waters of Old Ontario, on the tug, "G.S. Dodge," - a recent accession to the tug force in our harbor. The "Dodge" is owned by Baltis Bros. & Hoffman, of …

      Launch At Wellington Square - A fine new schooner was launched at Wellington Square yesterday, by Messrs. Bunten and Waldie, being the third completed there the present season. The new craft was named "Sweepstakes". The launch was witnessed by a large number of spectators. The ...

      Launch At Port Nelson - On Saturday last a staunch little craft was launched at Port Nelson, built by Alex Leclair for W.J. Douglass, the whole work having been completed since the 1st of September, as the timeber was standing in the tree at that time. She is seventy feet …

      A New Iron Steamer - A fine new iron steamer is at present in course of construction at Capt. Zealand's yard, under the supervision of Captain John Malcolmson, the owner. The hull was built at one of the famous establishments on the Clyde, Scotland, and having been set up complete, …

      A DETROIT VESSEL BOARDED BY BRITISH OFFICERS - The schooner Belle City, Capt. Morgan, on a recent passage from Buffalo to this port, was boarded by a posse of officers sent out from Port Colborne, while she lay partially becalmed off that port, on suspicion of being an armed Fenian …

      *These vessels were probably (in part): ARAXES, ATLANTIC, CHICAGO, COMET, DUNKIRK, ECLIPSE, EQUINOX, FOUNTAIN CITY, ILLINOIS, MARQUETTE, MISSOURI, NEW YORK, OLD CONCORD, ROCKET, SAGINAW, MARY STEWART, TOLEDO. EQUATOR and OMAR PASHA were sold earlier in the season.

      This later became the Goble shipyard drydock

      The construction of the St. Clair Flats Canal in Lake St. Clair, at the mouth of the St. Clair River, had significant effects on Great Lakes shipping, allowing ships of greatly increased draft to be used in commerce between Lake Erie and the three western lakes. The shallow Flats and …

      The LOTTA is the only lakes commercial vessel that I have heard of being painted in this way. She must have been beautiful, indeed.

      *She was actually somewhat older than that, having been built at Philadelphia in 1854. The Oswego was launched in June, 1857.