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      The A. Neff, or Abel Neff, carrying freight and passengers on Lake Winnebago, was a familiar sight in the early 1870s in and around Oshkosh, and the Wolf river. The vessel was about 100 feet long, with twin wheels and a 10 x 12 engine. It also ran between Green …

      Among the odd steamboats of the past may be noted the North Star. Inland Lloyds Vessel Register, 1893, lists the vessel as of 14 net tons; built Oconto, Wis. by Fowle in 1871. Port of hail, Ft. Howard. The North Star ran as a Green Bay to De Pere ferry …

      A wooden-arched, double deck package freight steamer; built 1864, Cleveland, 0.; 238 x 35 x 13.5. Her power came from twin screw steeple compound engines, and two low steam box boilers; burned to water's edge 1871, St. Mary's river. Rebuilt; gr. tonnage, 1432. This steamer operated on many routes and …

      The schooner Wolverine, 117 x 25, built 1871, Grand Haven, Mich.- 195 gross tons. Used the so-called "Grand Haven rig", or four similar rigs, which originated in the 1870s. About 26 other vessels adopted this rig. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903; Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol.1, p. …

      Stereoview of a tug towing a schooner out of Chicago into Lake Michigan.

      Stereoview of a view across Thunder Bay from Prince Arthur's Landing to Thunder Cape and the Sleeping Giant.

      LOSS OF THE SCHOONER JESSIE ANDERSON. - A dispatch from Captain Lohr, of the schooner Melrose, was received yesterday morning, dated Port Colborne, which announces the loss of the schooner Jesse Anderson, off Long Point Cut. It is greatly feared that her crew have all perished, as ...

      THE ANDERSON. - The schooner Melrose, which took the colors off the Jessie Anderson, has arrived here. She reports the Anderson sunk fifteen miles out in the lake. Her colors were not set, and only her pennant was flying, indicating that she went down suddenly. It is believed that she …

      FATAL MARINE ACCIDENT. - On Tuesday evening last, as the Northern Transportation Co.'s propeller Maine was passing down the river near Brockville, on her way to Ogdensburg, one of her boiler flues was blown out and five persons lost their lives in consequence. the first engineer and a ...

      NEW ENGLAND was 337 t., built in 1853, sold Canadian and renamed in 1860 (C#33517), and sunk in the Lachine Canal in July of 1871. I am unable to find any further information after Sep, 1871.

      G. D. DOUSMAN (US#10193) was built by Quayle & Martin, Cleveland, and was 137 feet keel. She was listed from the start as a two-mast schooner, so originally had her main- and fore-sails fore and aft rigged (sails aligned with the length of the ship) and probably her foremast only …

      The Canals. Along The Towpath. Ex-Mayor Fish, of Rochester, who has been making a tour of inspection of the Erie canal, by the aid of a steam yacht, reached this city on Tuesday, on his return from Albany. He communicates what he saw in this vicinity to the Rochester Democrat …

      OPENING OF NAVIGATION TO LAKE SUPERIOR FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. -- As matter for future reference we present below the date of opening of navigation to Lake Superior for fifteen successive years, including the present, the date of which we set down as May 10th, and so far as ice ...

      BARGES! THEIR INCEPTION _______ A HISTORY OF THE INCEPTION OF THE BARGE ENTERPRISE -- THE SULTANA AND EMPIRE AS PIONEERS -- THE PROGRESS AND GROWTH OF THE ENTERPRISE _______ Previous to the year 1862, a great deal of difficulty had been experienced by the ...

      Vessels Passing Through the Welland Canal By special dispatch to THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, from Port Colborne, the following vessels are reported as passed through the Welland Canal September 11: DOWN Prop City of Concord, Chicago to Ogdensburg, ...

      Launch Of The New Schooner Havana. - The new schooner Havana, built by A. Miller & Co. for T.S. Mott, was launched yesterday afternoon, from the foot of East 2d street. A large crowd assembled in the vicinity, every available spot being occupied, from which a view of the vessel …

      The Launch Yesterday. According to announcement the new schooner built for Mr. T. S. Mott, by A. Miller & Co., was launched yesterday afternoon. Every available space for watching the event was occupied by four o'clock. The trestle of the Delaware & Hudson Co. ran parallel to the course ...

      The average opening date was March 24, about a month later than the official openings of today. In 1871, wooden-hulled vessels had to be sure most of the ice was gone from their routes before they set out for the first haul of the season.

      HOUSING IN TUGS. - The work of housing in tugs, in order to place them in a more serviceable condition for the performance of outside work, has of late become quite general, and it is believed by many that the plan ere long will be universally adopted. Among others that …

      The second steamboat on the scene was the A. C. Van Raalte.