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 Onondaga Standard (Syracuse, NY), Sep. 29, 1847     From the Oswego Commercial Times History of Steam navigation on Lake Ontario _______ The rapid increase and general improvement in the commercial marine of the Lakes, impart a high degree of interest to every thing relating to the early history and progress of our steam ...

      Launch. - Yesterday afternoon, the new steamer Dawn, built for Messrs. H. & S. Jones, by Mr. Parkin, ship builder of this town, was launched amid the cheers of a large concourse of spectators. She is a good model, and went into her destined element in fine style. The Albion, …

 Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), July 2, 1847     Travelling Correspondence. Liverpool - River and Harbor Convention - Mud Lock - W.C. Bouck - Awful Accident - Baldwinsville - Corn - Fishing, &c.; &c.; BALDWINSVILLE,

 Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), July 2, 1847   Travelling Correspondence. Liverpool - River and Harbor Convention - Mud Lock - W.C. Bouck - Awful Accident - Baldwinsville - Corn - Fishing, &c.; &c.; BALDWINSVILLE,

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Growth of Oswego We have taken a look about our village, the few past pleasant days, in order to mark, more particularly, the progress making in building, and to observe the large increase of new and substantial vessels fitting t out for the opening of Spring navigation. We ...

      Growth of Oswego It is estimated that there are one thousand mechanics employed in the erection of buildings and the construction of vessels in this place at the present time. And still the supply is not equal to the demand. From this fact, people abroad can form some idea of …

      Early Great Lakes Steam Vessels The following piece appeared in the as reprinted from an April 1847 issue of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser . The information is apparently part of a larger list which also included sailing vessels. The list, along with the ...

      Vessel Lost. The schooner Cuba, belonging to Messrs. Fitzhugh & Co. of this place, was struck in the stern by the Propeller Genesee Chief, on the 6th inst. , in the neighborhood of the Welland Canal, and immediately sunk. She was bound for this port, and laden with about ...

      While the Canadian steamer was engaged in carrying out pleasure parties some disturbances took place, as we understand, between a few sailors and some of the hands on board of the steamer as she was about leaving the dock, for a trip on the lake, resulting in a fight in …

      Launch - A new schooner named the Abby, built by Capt. Ambrose Morgan, for Messrs. Matthew Morgan, of about 200 tons burden, was launched Tuesday last, from the yard above the bridge on the east side of the river.

      A new schooner, called the Canton, built by Capt. Gillespie, was launched at Port Ontario on the 22d ult.

      Level Of Lake Ontario - At the end of 1845 the level of Lake Ontario was two feet below that of the June preceeding. It fell six inches more to the 1st of February. It then slowly rose to June when it was sixteen inches higher than in the February …

      New Vessels - Six new vessels are now building at Oswego, and preparations are making to commecne a couple more before the opening of navigation. A large steamer, the hull of which was constructed at French Creek last season, is now finishing at Ogdensburgh to be in readiness for summer …

 Brockville Recorder (Brockville, ON), 5 Oct 1847     Launch. - Yesterday afternoon, the new steamer Dawn, built for Messrs. H. & S. Jones, by Mr. Parkin, ship builder of this town, was launched amid the cheers of a large concourse of spectators. She is a good model, and went into her destined element in fine style. The Albion, …

      First Arrival from Chicago. _______ The Propeller Oswego, after being detained twelve days by the ice in the straits of Mackinaw, arrived here from Chicago, on the 7th inst., with a full cargo, consisting, in part, of 7,000 bushels of wheat, to Messrs. Doolittle & Mollison. ...

      The New Steamer. _______ The Cataract, Capt. Van Cleve's new steamer, visited this port for the first time on Sunday morning. She is a magnificent vessel, and is greatly admired by all who have visited her. We have not obtained her dimensions, but she must be something over ...

      Oswego Its Business Prospects We visited the village of Oswego last week, and must confess that were taken by surprise, in witnessing the numerous evidences which at every step were presented to view, of the rapid increase of business in that beautiful village, located on the ...

      Outrage at Green Bay - The Republican of the 21st Inst., gives the detail of a daring resistance of the laws, that occurred in that place on the Saturday evening previous. It seems that an injunction had been placed in the hands of the Under Sheriff with directions to serve …

      Sunk - Loss of a Schooner We learn from a gentleman who arrived at Oswego via Lake Ontario Saturday morning, that on Thurday evening last at a point about 40 miles below Niagara, the schooner "Cuba,: W.H. Manwaring, Master, was run into by the propeller "Genesee Chief" and with her …

      Fearful and Fatal Accident The Editor of the N.Y. Tribune, writing from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Under the date of June 11, says: "A fearful casualty took place here yesterday- namely, the upsetting of a row-boat in passing down the rapids, and the drowning of three of ...

      SHIP FEVER Until quite recently, our village has been entirely free from disease. Within the last week or ten days, however, several cases shave appeared among emigrants passing through the canal. Two members of a family who arrived here yesterday from Montreal via. The Oswego ...