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      MARINE MATTERS _______ THE VALLEY CITY LEAVES EAST TAWAS East Tawas, September 22. - The tug Moore left for Cleveland with the steamer Valley City in tow this afternoon. The Valley City is a little flat-bottomed river boat which formerly run on the Grand River, and ...

      The sternwheeler Valley City, which has been several weeks out from Grand Haven, passed down last evening and will reach her destination (Toledo) if she keeps on. She might be very useful on the Ohio River, but is quite out of place on these waters.

      The Columbian Exposition (i.e. World’s Fair) which took place at Chicago in 1893 had many maritime connections, including replicas of historic vessels from all over the world, a full-scale model of a U.S. battleship built of brick and a number of innovations such as electric boats and the only whaleback …

      When boats are constructed as duplicates of each other the arrangement is subsequently on occasions found to be very convenient. For instance, Wheeler & Co. built the steamers G. W. Roby, of this port, and the John Plankinton, of Milwaukee, from the same moulds. Last week the latter boat, with …

      A Rudder Made of Rigging Owen Sound, December 6. - With their steamer's top mast for a rudder post and rigging for a rudder, the crew of the steamer Myles succeeded in bringing their boat into port to-day. For over seventy hours they had been adrift. The Myles was bound …

      For Cushing's exploit and pictures of Smallman's command, PICKET BOAT NO. 1, see http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/pktbt1.htm

      Steel vs. Wooden Boats Chicago, December 10. -The great losses which owners and underwriters have suffered the past season on the lakes on the large modern steel steamers have raised the question as to the adaptability of steel vessels as ordinarily constructed, for lake traffic, ...

      *Propeller bulker HARVEY H. BROWN (US#96261) at Detroit Dry Dock. She went to salt water in 1916 and was scrapped in Maine in 1928 after stranding on the Penobscot River the previous year. If you check out the photo of her in Historical Collections of the Great Lakes website, there …

      The steel stm. ARTHUR ORR was last week launched at Chicago from the yard of the Chicago Ship Building Co. She is 302 ft. over all, 287 ft. keel and 24 1/2 ft. deep. She will have triple expansion engines and will be fitted with an awning deck for the …

      Smith, Davis & Co. have since the first of the month, received notice from many owners that their vessels would lay up, and more notices are coming in daily. Among the boats are the stm. ARTHUR ORR.

      This long article describes the beginning of one of the more destructive storms of the 1890's. The big tug ACME was only one of the vessels lost. The storm is most often associated with the foundering of the propeller DEAN RICHMOND off Dunkirk, New York, but at least 8 other …

 Boulder Daily Camera, 11 Jan 1893     Port Huron, Mich., Jan, 10 - The steamer OMAR D. CONGER of the Sarnia and Port Huron ferry lines became fast in the ice in St. Clair river last night with 20 passengers on board. The passengers are gradually being got ashore this morning after a wild night and without …

      The steamer Jay Gould came into Bay Mills (Lake Superior) with five feet of water in her hold. The first mate, Ben Lewis , was caught by a wave and washed off the ...

      Death of a Well-Known Vessel Man. Buffalo, October 8. - Capt. Thomas Maytham, one of the best-known vessel owners of the lakes, died suddenly from unexplained bowel trouble last night. He was 53 years old. Few men had more friends among navigators and vessel men. He washearty, ...

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