by import | September 23, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1873 The scow WAUBONSIE was launched at the Curtis yard in Fort Gratiot, MI. 1910 The BETHLEHEM (steel propeller package freighter; 290 feet; 2,633 gross tons; built in 1888 at Cleveland, OH) was carrying general merchandise when she went ashore in a gale on the...
by import | September 22, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1882 Mr. H.N. Jex accepted the contract to recover the engine and boiler from the MAYFLOWER, which sank in the Detroit River in 1864. He was to be paid $600 upon delivery of the machinery at Windsor, ON. He succeeded in raising the engine on October 12 and recovered...
by import | September 21, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1844 JOHN JACOB ASTOR (wooden brig; 78 feet; 112 tons; built in 1835 at Pointe aux Pins, ON, but precut at Lorain, OH) was carrying furs and trade goods when she struck a reef and foundered near Copper Harbor, MI. She was owned by Astor’s American Fur Co. She was...
by import | September 20, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1856 COLONEL CAMP (three-masted wooden bark; 137 feet; 350 tons; built in 1854 at Three Mile Bay, NY) was carrying wheat to Oswego, NY, when she collided with the wooden steamer PLYMOUTH and sank in just a few minutes. No lives were lost. 1873 W.L. PECK (two-masted...
by import | September 19, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1856 At Rush Street in Chicago, IL, a hand-operated ferry carried pedestrians across the Chicago River. The ferry operator would pull hand-over-hand on a rope to move the ferry across the river. At a signal from schooners, the rope was dropped, and the schooner would...
