The Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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Media Types:  Text   Subject:  Propellers  Year:  [1915, [1940, [1883, [1969, 1969]]]]  Creative Commons Rights:  Attribution only Sort by:  Relevance
The First Propellers at Kingston 
Web site/pageText  Sep 1987  ... the movement of goods and people bound for ports on the Great Lakes. At the insistence of Colonel By, the engineer in charge of its construction, the canal dimensions had been expanded to accommodate the small paddlewheel steamboats of the day. Unfortunately, another military department involved in improving...
The Ericsson Propeller 
TextNewspapers  "The Ericsson Propeller," Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 24 Mar 1841  The Ericsson Propeller The progress of the experiments for thee application of steam power in aid of the sails of ships, schooners and other sailing craft, has been observed at this place with great solicitude. From letter addressed by Capt. R.F. Stockton, of the U.S. Navy, to Commodore ...
The Ericsson Propeller 
TextNewspapers  "The Ericsson Propeller," Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 14 Apr 1841  The Ericsson Propeller. - This improvement to steam navigation is attracting considerable attention among commercial gentlemen on both sides of our lake. Besides the vessels constructing at this oct to be propelled by this invention, we observe by the last British Whig that three vessels are ...
Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 21 Apr 1841 
TextNewspapers  Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 21 Apr 1841,   The Buffalonians are much annoyed about Ericsson's propellers, at least we should judge so from the tone of some of their papers. And well they may, for this valuable improvement in the application of steam power will transfer the forwarding business from Buffalo to Oswego, despite the young or...

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