The Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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Steamer NORTHWEST 
Image  c1910  Coloured postcard of a moonlit night scene of the Northern Steamship Company steamboat NORTH WEST Divided back postcard. Postally unused. NORTH WEST was later sold to Canadian interests and renamed MAPLECOURT. "Steamer NORTHWEST"
On the Great Lakes 
Image  1903  Coloured postcard of the Northern Steamship Company steamboat NORTH WEST Undivided back postcard. Postally unused. NORTH WEST was later sold to Canadian interests and renamed MAPLECOURT. "6398. On the Great Lakes" "Copyright, 1903, by Detroit Photographic Co."
Passenger Steamer North West 
Image  1899  Photograph of Northern Steamship Company steamboat NORTH WEST Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899
Gratiot Light, Ste. Clair River 
Image  1903  Coloured postcard of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse and light keepers' house at the junction of Lake Huron and the Saint Clair River at Port Huron, MI. Divided back postcard. Postally unused. "5642. Gratiot Lilght, Ste. Claire River." Reverse: "'Phostint' Card Made only by Detroit Publishing Co."
Thomas Cranage 
Image  1895  Sketch and notes on the Great Lakes steamboat THOMAS CRANAGE Illustration from Stanton, Samuel Ward, American Steam Vessels , 1895, page 461 Thomas Cranage Built 1893, at West Bay City, Mich. Hull, of wood, built by James Davidson. Length between perpendiculars 305 feet; over all 330 feet;...
Great Lakes passenger steamship NORTH WEST, 1894 
Image  1895  Sketch of the Great lakes passenger steamship NORTH WEST Illustration from Stanton, Samuel Ward, American Steam Vessels , 1895, page 488 Great Lakes passenger steamship NORTH WEST, 1894
Engine Room of the S. B. WAY 
Image  c1935  Black and white photo of the Columbia Transportation Company steamboat S. B. WAY shows the engine room telegraph in the foreground and the Third Engineer standing at the control panel of her triple expansion steam engine. Coffee stands ready on a card table in the foreground.
The LEONARD B. MILLER in the ice with a deck load of vehicles 
Image  1936  Black and white snapshot of a deck load of Dodge and Plymouth cars and trucks on the Columbia Transportation Company steamboat LEONARD B. MILLER. Photograph taken by one of the engine crew
Steamer Michigan, Capt. Blake, in a Gale on Lake Huron 
Image    Woodcut engraving of the commercial steamboat MICHIGAN (built 1833) on Lake Huron. The image is believed to have been produced in Detroit in the 1840s for publication in one of the local newspapers. This MICHIGAN was launched in 1833, served until 1847, and was broken up in 1853-54. "Steamer...
South End of Lake Huron and Head of the St. Clair River, 1859 
Image  1859  "Survey of the Northern and North Western Lakes Made in obedience to acts of Congress and under the direction of The Bureau of Topographical Engineers of the War Department South End of Lake Huron and Head of the St. Clair River Projected from a Trigonometrical Survey, executed under the orders...
Flight (Schooner), gale damage, 1 Apr 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: gale damage Lives: nil Hull damage: $400 Remarks: Repaired
John Martin (Propeller), U12793, sunk by collision, 17 May 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: sunk by collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $4,500 Remarks: Raised
British Lion (Bark), collision, 17 May 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $311 Remarks: Repaired
Delos De Wolf (Schooner), U6327, lost head gear, 1 May 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: lost head gear Hull damage: $200 Freight: grain Remarks: Repaired
Nabob (Schooner), collision, 17 May 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $300 Remarks: Repaired
Meridian (Schooner), lost foremast &c., 1 May 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: lost foremast &c. Hull damage: $600 Remarks: Repaired
Robert Burns (Brig), collision, 1 Jun 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $65 Remarks: Repaired
H. S. Fairchild (Bark), dismasted, 1 Aug 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: dismasted Lives: nil Hull damage: $8,600 Cargo: $2,000 Remarks: Repaired
Ellington (Schooner), U7235, disabled in squall, 1 Aug 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: disabled in squall Lives: nil Hull damage: $200 Remarks: Repaired
Nightingale (Schooner), U18123, dismasted, 1 Aug 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: dismasted Lives: nil Hull damage: $3,200 Remarks: Repaired
S. E. Hudson (Schooner), disabled, 1 Aug 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: disabled Lives: nil Hull damage: $700 Remarks: Repaired
Union (Schooner), leak, 1 Aug 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: leak Lives: nil Hull damage: $300 Remarks: Repaired
Mary & Lucy (Scow), collision, 1 Aug 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $800 Remarks: Repaired
Denmark (Schooner), collision, 1 Sep 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $450 Cargo: $400 Freight: corn Remarks: Repaired
Philo Parsons (Steamboat), broken machinery, 1 Oct 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: broken machinery Lives: nil Hull damage: $1,100
Iowa (Propeller), lost mast, 1 Oct 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: lost mast Hull damage: $190
Indiana (Bark), lost mast, 1 Oct 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: lost mast Lives: nil Hull damage: $3,000
Merrimac (Schooner), collision, 1 Oct 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $300
Twin Sisters (Schooner), U24151, collision, 1 Oct 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $100
A. Medbury (Schooner), U388, lost sails, 1 Oct 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: lost sails Lives: nil Hull damage: $650
Transport (Schooner), leak, 1 Oct 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: leak Lives: nil Hull damage: $100
Kenosha (Schooner), leak, 1 Sep 1855 
TextNewspapers  1855  Reason: leak Lives: nil Hull damage: $1,000 Remarks: Repaired
Pocahontas (Propeller), damaged cargo, 1 Sep 1855 
TextNewspapers  1855  Reason: damaged cargo Lives: nil Cargo: $1,800 Freight: wheat
Homer Ramsdell (Schooner), damaged cargo, 1 Sep 1855 
TextNewspapers  1855  Reason: damaged cargo Lives: nil Freight: wheat
J. R. Giddings (Brig), damaged cargo, 1 Oct 1855 
TextNewspapers  1855  Reason: damaged cargo Lives: nil Cargo: $350 Freight: corn
Raleigh (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1863 
TextNewspapers  1863  Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $200 Cargo: $400
Nile (Steamboat), collision, 23 Aug 1847 
TextNewspapers  1847  Reason: collision Lives: nil Remarks: Repaired
Wisconsin (Steamboat), collision, 23 Aug 1847 
TextNewspapers  1847  Reason: collision Lives: nil Remarks: Damaged considerably
Nile (Steamboat), collision, 30 Aug 1847 
TextNewspapers  1847  Reason: collision Lives: nil Remarks: considerably damaged
Black Warrior (Brig), overboard, 7 May 1855 
TextNewspapers  1855  Reason: overboard Lives: 1

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