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  • Tug Boscobel with tows Active & Noque Bay
    Tug Boscobel with tows Active & Noque Bay
    Image       During the lumbering days in Wisconsin, steamers and their tows were common sights on the Great Lakes, This drawing shows the Boscobel making up a tow at Peshtigo, Wis. with the barges Active & Noque Bay. The Peshtigo Lumber Co. built a fleet of barges at Trenton, Mich. -the Active, …
    Image     During the lumbering days in Wisconsin, steamers and their tows were common sights on the Great Lakes, This drawing shows the Boscobel making up a tow at Peshtigo, Wis. with …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Flat boat - M. Brunette
    Flat boat - M. Brunette
    Image       The M. Brunett, or Brunette, of Green Bay, Wis., was the B & B ex-tug, Mary Newton. It was made into a flat boat -100 feet long; 21 feet wide and 5 feet in depth. It ran on Green Bay, Wis. in the 1880s; used as a stone and lumber …
    Image     The M. Brunett, or Brunette, of Green Bay, Wis., was the B & B ex-tug, Mary Newton. It was made into a flat boat -100 feet long; 21 feet wide …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamer G. T. Burroughs
    Steamer G. T. Burroughs
    Image       The Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903, lists the G. T. Burroughs as a freighter of 109 feet in length, 24-foot beam; built 1881; 130 gross tons; owned by Standard Contracting Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and in a separate listing, by Wyndam C. Jones, Cleveland. Ohio.
    Image     The Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903, lists the G. T. Burroughs as a freighter of 109 feet in length, 24-foot beam; built 1881; 130 gross tons; owned by Standard Contracting …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamer C. H. Davis
    Steamer C. H. Davis
    Image       The C. H. Davis (Charles H. Davis) is listed in the Ship Masters' Association Directory, 1903, as 145 feet long, 31 feet wide; built 1881. It ran for many years as a tow barge, and was then made into a steamer. Its construction was unusual: the plankings were laid at …
    Image     The C. H. Davis (Charles H. Davis) is listed in the Ship Masters' Association Directory, 1903, as 145 feet long, 31 feet wide; built 1881. It ran for many years …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Tug Thomas Hood
    Tug Thomas Hood
    Image       Old Chicago tug of the 1880s; owned by the V.O.T. line; built 1881; 59 x 15. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. directory,1903,1914; also Inland Lloyds register, 1893.
    Image     Old Chicago tug of the 1880s; owned by the V.O.T. line; built 1881; 59 x 15. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. directory,1903,1914; also Inland Lloyds register, 1893.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamer S. Neff
    Steamer S. Neff
    Image       Built by Capt. Sam Neff, Oshkosh, Wis., 1880-81; 142 feet over all; 30-ft.beam; 6.5 depth; draft, 5 ft.aft., nothing for'd; engine, rolling valve, 14 x 14, taken from the tug, Ajax; boiler, 5 1/2 x 14, marine type; 110 lb. steam;. Capt. Sam Neff, owner & master. His wife, Marcelia …
    Image     Built by Capt. Sam Neff, Oshkosh, Wis., 1880-81; 142 feet over all; 30-ft.beam; 6.5 depth; draft, 5 ft.aft., nothing for'd; engine, rolling valve, 14 x 14, taken from the tug, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamer S. Neff
    Steamer S. Neff
    Image       Steamer S. NEFF Captain Samuel Neff Master & Owner in DePere Wis. Lock with deck load of lumber from Menominee Mich. to Appleton, Wis. about 200M Pine Draft 5 ft was in this trade 1881-1886. Burned Lake Erie after 19 years Engine Rolling value 40 14 x 14 from tug …
    Image     Steamer S. NEFF Captain Samuel Neff Master & Owner in DePere Wis. Lock with deck load of lumber from Menominee Mich. to Appleton, Wis. about 200M Pine Draft 5 ft …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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    Image       Schooner Ole Olson, formerly the barge Eveready, became waterlogged on Lake Michigan in 1887; ended her days in the bone yard for ships, Milwaukee, Wis. As a barge, the vessel was used by Samuel Neff & Sons on Lake Winnebago with the tug Ajax and the barges Lucy and Louis. …
    Image     Schooner Ole Olson, formerly the barge Eveready, became waterlogged on Lake Michigan in 1887; ended her days in the bone yard for ships, Milwaukee, Wis. As a barge, the vessel …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Tug Resolute
    Tug Resolute
    Image       The tug Resolute was a familiar sight in and around Green Bay from 1881 to 1886; lost by fire. Had a 13x14 engine.
    Image     The tug Resolute was a familiar sight in and around Green Bay from 1881 to 1886; lost by fire. Had a 13x14 engine.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Tug Resolute
    Tug Resolute
    Image       The tug Resolute, 1880; sold by A. Ruelle, Detroit to A. Boller, Green Bay, Wis. for $1,500. 13x 14 engine. The Resolute towed at Green Bay until catching fire at a Green Bay dock about 1886.
    Image     The tug Resolute, 1880; sold by A. Ruelle, Detroit to A. Boller, Green Bay, Wis. for $1,500. 13x 14 engine. The Resolute towed at Green Bay until catching fire at …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Schooner Rube Richards
    Schooner Rube Richards
    Image       The 175-foot Rube Richards was 33 feet wide, and had a gross tonnage of 815; built in Manitowoc, Wis. in 1881. Like many vessels of the era, it existed in two worlds -sail and steam often used together. Listed in Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903; in Inland Lloyds Vessel Register, …
    Image     The 175-foot Rube Richards was 33 feet wide, and had a gross tonnage of 815; built in Manitowoc, Wis. in 1881. Like many vessels of the era, it existed in …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Tug Thomas H. Smith
    Tug Thomas H. Smith
    Image       The powerful tug, Thomas H. Smith, built 1881 at Manitowoc, Wis., was lost by collision off Racine Point, Wis. Nov. 10, 1893. It was about 140 feet long, and was owned by L. & S. T. & W. Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Listed Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. …
    Image     The powerful tug, Thomas H. Smith, built 1881 at Manitowoc, Wis., was lost by collision off Racine Point, Wis. Nov. 10, 1893. It was about 140 feet long, and was …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The Five Mast Barquentine, DAVID DOWS, One of the Carrington Line Ships
    The Five Mast Barquentine, DAVID DOWS, One of the Carrington Line Ships
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. The Five Mast Barquentine, DAVID DOWS, One of the Carrington Line Ships The last large sailing challenger against steam-powered vessels in the upper lakes bulk ore, grain and coal trades. Built by Bailey Bros., of Toledo, Ohio, in 1881....
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. The Five Mast Barquentine, DAVID DOWS, One of the Carrington Line Ships The last large sailing challenger against steam-powered vessels in the upper …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Entrance to Welland Canal
    Entrance to Welland Canal
    Image       Illustration of Port Colborne harbour and the southern terminus of the Welland Canal during the second canal era, c.1881. The west pier and lighthouse are depicted in the background.
    Image     Illustration of Port Colborne harbour and the southern terminus of the Welland Canal during the second canal era, c.1881. The west pier and lighthouse are depicted in the background.
    Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum
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