by import | May 2, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1874 The steamer 8TH OHIO was chartered by Magner & Company to carry their circus to various Great Lake ports throughout that season. The 3-mast schooner EDWARD KELLEY was launched at Dunford & Leighton’s yard in Port Huron on 2 May 1874. She was built...
by import | May 1, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1858 OGONTZ (wooden propeller steamer, 343 tons, built in 1848, at Ohio City, Ohio) was purchased by Capt. A. E. Goodrich and George C. Drew for $5,600. This was the second vessel in the Goodrich Line. Just two years later, Capt. Goodrich had her machinery removed and...
by import | April 30, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1842 The side-wheeler COMMODORE BARRIE collided with the schooner CANADA about 10 miles off Long Point in Lake Ontario. The COMMODORE BARRIE became disabled and then sank about an hour and a half later. Her passengers and crew were rescued by the CANADA. 1878 ST....
by import | April 29, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1865 L.D. COWAN (wooden schooner, 165 tons, built in 1848, at Erie, Pennsylvania) was driven ashore near Pointe aux Barques, Michigan, in a storm and wrecked. 1875 The wooden schooner CLARA BELL of Sandusky was wrecked in a gale off Leamington, Ontario. Captain...
by import | April 28, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1856 TONAWANDA (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 202 foot, 882 gross tons) was launched by Buell B. Jones at Buffalo, New York. 1875 The barge LITTLE JAKE was launched at East Saginaw, Michigan. She was owned by William R. Burt & Co. Her...
