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      Advertisement Supposedly this is the ship that some say never existed which we think is the "Vandalia." Cochran was from Hamilton, Ont. and owned this vessel at the time.

      [Advertisement] Clemow Brothers, Forwarding and Shipping Agents Of Lumber and Produce Oswego, N.Y. Feb. 19 James Clemow John Clemow Feb. 19, 1852 ...

 Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 11 Mar 1859, p. 3     Early Navigation on Lake Ontario At the conclusion of the war of 1812, the numerous sail craft constructed for naval purposes were converted into a commercial marine, and immediately after the application of steam to navigation, which had already assumed importance on the Hudson, ...

 Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 8 Mar 1861     A MONSTER CANAL BOAT. - The largest canal boat we have ever seen, and we think the largest afloat, was launched on Saturday from the boat yard of Samuel Miller in this city. The new boat is called the "Abraham Lincoln," bears a handsome portrait of "Old Abe" on the …

      What A Change! - The number of steamboats on the Upper Lakes, up to the year 1825, was one! On the opening of navigation in the spring of 1848, there were on the entire length of the lakes, 95 steamers, 45 propellers, 5 barks, 93 brigs, 548 schooners, and 128 …

      Sailing Regulations on the Lakes The sailing regulations, adopted by the masters and owners of vessels on the Lakes, at a meeting held in the city of Buffalo in the winter of 1847, have been acknowledged by Congress and enacted into law with heavy penalties. -- It is a highly …

      The Editor of the Utica Gazette, Doct. Potter, who is out on a pleasure and fishing excursion, thus writes home to his paper: We left Oswego at 8 o'clock this morning on board the crack boat of the lake, the Ontario, one of the excellent line, some of whose managers, …

      The Gale. - The wind has blown from West and North West for the last sixty hours, with slight variations and without abatement, accompanied with snow squalls and with a sufficient degree of cold to cover vessels with ice, where exposed to the dashing waters and raging ...

      *Please note that in this article Senator Morrill is sometime seen as Morrell This is an interesting follow up to the affects of the McKinley Tariff

      Attempted Suicide. - Mrs. Mary Ray , wife of Thomas Ray , boatswain of the Revenue Cutter on this lake last year, now on the steamer Corwin , Survey Service, at Key West, ...

      "Union Village" At a meeting convened at the Cobble Stone School House, on the 7th inst. at 10 o'clock A.M. Agreeably to adjournment, Selden P. Clark took the chair, and Jonathan ...

      Oswego And Its Business _________ Ship Chandlers. This branch of our Marine business represents a large capital which is invested in a stock whose variety could hardly be conceived without a long and minute examination ...

      Severe Thunder Storm. - A brisk and brilliant April shower came off early yesterday morning. The wind was in the South and for successive hours the rain, at intervals, fell in profusion. The lightning was very vivid, but the thunder was truly sublime. The Propeller

    Severe Thunder Storm. - A brisk and brilliant April shower came off early yesterday morning. The wind was in the South and for successive hours the rain, at intervals, fell …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Moving Vessels Over Land. - The Lake Superior Journal of the 15th thus de the movements of a Propeller. It says: The Propeller Manhattan is fairly underway on her land trip ...

      Salt from Turk's Island . - Yesterday there was an entire boat load of Turk's island salt unloading at Doolittle & Mollison 's dock, to be shipped for

    Salt from Turk's Island . - Yesterday there was an entire boat load of Turk's island salt unloading at Doolittle & Mollison 's dock, to be shipped for

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The Gale of Saturday, on Lake Ontario , was the severest of the season, to the violence of which, a large number of vessels were exposed. We have heard of no serious disaster except the melancholy loss of the schooner

    The Gale of Saturday, on Lake Ontario , was the severest of the season, to the violence of which, a large number of vessels were exposed. We have heard of …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The Balloon Accounted For - A Narrow Escape. - The Rochester Democrat says: On Tuesday Prof. Squires was to make a balloon ascension at Albion , and ...

      Business On The Docks. - The harbor is crowded with Steamers, Propellers and Canal Boats. They come in from New York, Troy, and from Albany, by Canal, and from the Upper Lakes, and the Canadian ports, by lake, on the North and on the West. The docks are crowded with …

      The Horse Boat is almost ready to get up steam for Sodus Bay. Old sorrel is having an extra peck of oats, and his iron-gray yoke-fellow will have additional cat-feed prior to the first experimental trip. Would it not be well to have the inspector of boilers take a look …

      Evening Promenade On The Lake. - The Piers are used for the double purpose of pleasure and utility. They protect the harbor from the severity of storms, and they furnish a most refreshing and beautiful promenade during the sultry evenings of summer. it is only to be feared that they …