Van Cleve, James, Steamer Descending the Coteau du Lac Rapids, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 114 A pair of steamboats runs the rapids of the Saint Lawrence at Coteau du Lac.Steamer Descending the Coteau du Lac Rapids JVC del Vanduzee

Van Cleve, James, Rail-road Depot at Ogdensburgh, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 105 A number of schooners lie in Ogdensburg, at the depot of the Northern Railroad

Van Cleve, James, Ogdensburgh, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 101 A schooners sails into the river at Ogdensburgh past the original lighthouse.

Van Cleve, James, Clayton, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 93 A pair of schooners lie at Clayton, NY

Van Cleve, James, Kingston, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 88 Two steamboats and a schooner cross in front of Kingston City Hall in Kingston harbour.

Van Cleve, James, Rail-road Depot at Cape Vincent, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 85 A steamboat approaches the wharf at Cape Vincent where a train awaits. A schooner is also in the scene.View of the Ship House J.V.C. Del

Van Cleve, James, View of the Ship House, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 82 A steamboat steams out of Sackets Harbor past the building housing the hull of the NEW ORLEANSView of the Ship House J.V.C. Del

Van Cleve, James, View of Fort Ontario, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 77 A schooner sails past the lighthouse at the mouth of Oswego harbour, with Fort Ontario in the background.View of Fort Ontario Vanduzee c Buffalo J.V.C. dab

Van Cleve, James, Fort Niagara, The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs (Buffalo, NY : Jewett, Thomas & Co., 1852), 1852, p. 69 A steamboat leaves the mouth of the Niagara River passing Fort Niagara on the American side.Fort Niagara J. P. Hall lith. JVC del Jewett, Thomas & Co. Pr

"Illustrated with maps, and numerous engravings from original sketches." Some illustrations by Capt. James Van Cleve, treasurer of the company At head of title: Great Northern route. American Lines Includes folded map glued onto the recto of the frontispiece

Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY ), 6 Mar 1941 Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula ____ After more than 102 years the hamlet of Point Peninsula, once a thriving shipbuilding center during the early schooner days of the Great Lakes and later an oil-field boom town, lost its post office on the first day of last month. Dwindling from ...

Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY ), 12 May 1921 Boat Building at Chaumont ____ Captain Frank Phelps Has the Only Shipyard in This Section ____ About fifty years ago, according to a Chaumont correspondent, this section of Jefferson county could boast of three shipyards, one at Sackets Harbor, one at Three Mile Bay and one ...

Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY ), 28 Nov 1920 Frank Phelps' Shipyard at Chaumont ____ Of the Many That Once Nourished Along the Lake Shore It Alone Remains. ____ Of all the ship building plants that once flourished along the Jefferson county shore bf Lake Ontario, a single yard, that of Frank Phelps, at Chaumont, now remains. ...

Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY ), 8 Apr 1915 The Sailing Schooner ____ Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past On the Great Lakes ____ The indications are that is only a matter of time, and a short time at that, when the sailing vessel will have disappeared completely from the Great Lakes. During the past few years the only ...

The day of the old wind jammers on the lake is past. There are now 28 schooners in commission on Lake Ontario, where formerly there were several hundred, and they are nearly all Canadian owned, though nearly all once had an American register. As the old schooners and sail crafts pass away ...

Oswego Times and Express (Oswego, NY ), 10 May 1883 Marine Disaster ____ The Tug Gardner Burned off the Galloo Islands - No Lives Lost A dispatch was received in this city this morning announcing the burning of the well known lake tug Gardner near the Galloo Islands last night. The particulars were not given. The dispatch requested Mr. ...

Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY ), 11 Apr 1884 Along the Wharves The schooner Herbert Dudley, Capt. J. Parsons, arrived this morning from Kingston with grain for C.C. Morton. The Dudley was the last vessel to cross the lake last fall. Since her last appearance here she has received no ceiling, hatch combings, etc., and been thoroughly ...

"Acontias" was actually launched on Saturday, Aug. 2, 1856. 374 tons Custom House measurement.

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 19 Jul 1856 Another New Vessel. - The large new schooner, built by James A. Baker, will be launched next week. She is a staunch, well built vessel, as are all those built at this enterprising yard. She is 130 feet keel, 25 feet, 10 inches beam, and 11 feet, 10 inches depth of hold. She is to be commanded...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 29 May 1855 Oswego and Belleville Line. - Among the new channels of communication opened with Canada this spring, of no little importance to our city trade, is the running of a steamer between this and Belleville near the head of the Bay of Quinte, whose shores form one of the richest and most productive ...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 21 Jun 1855 A Card. - The undersigned, Officers of the Steamer "Huron," take this occasion to express their thanks to the numerous citizens of Oswego, for the courtesy and attention shown them and the many kind offices rendered in their behalf, during their recent stay in the city, occasioned by the...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 14 Jun 1855 Brig "W. Lewis," launched 31 Aug. 1855.

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 29 May 1855 Picked Up. - Capt. Barrow, of the schooner "Andover," of this city, reports on the 17th picked up a man from the wreck of the schooner "Visitor" loaded, with stone for Toledo, about three miles from the island West Sister, at the head of Lake Erie. The man was in an exhausted condition,...

The Canadian Steamer "Huron" cleared from here on Saturday evening with a cargo of nearly 4,000 barrels of flour for Montreal and Quebec. In going down the harbor in the dark she came in collision with the schooner rigged scow "New World" with a load of lumber, when the steamer swung around ...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 16 May 1855 Steamer Huron, - This vessel, so unfortunate on Saturday night last in leaving our harbor, was raised last evening, and towed round to Mr. Baker's Dry Dock, on which she will be hauled, it is thought, this afternoon. Capt. Wm. Morgan, of the North Western Insurance Company, has superintended...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 5 May 1855 Launch. - Messrs. Crockett & Rogers launched a new vessel built for H.M. Ames, Esq., this afternoon at 3 o'clock. We have spoken of her on a previous occasion , when building, and will only add that she is in every respect a fine looking craft, that will do credit to the city she hails from....

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 26 May 1855 This vessel sunk near the lower bridge in Oswego after the 5 July 1853 fire on the east side. Built at Three Mile Bay, Lake Ontario, in 1835. 103 tons

The old schooner "Helen Bronson," which has been lying below the toll bridge for the past two or three years, is fast giving way to the appearance of a vessel in distress. With the assistance of the rapid current she is slowly obliterating the small piece of coffer dam by the canal basin. Her ...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 7 May 1855 The Launch of the Thomas Y. Avery - At half past six on Saturday afternoon Messrs. Crockett & Rogers launched their new vessel, which, though we did not see, we are informed went off in fine style. It was quite difficult to secure the ways in the water, there being a little sea running on ...

The propeller "Lady of the Lake," Capt. Rosman, arrived here last evening from Ogdensburgh, full of freight and passengers for Chicago. She had been advertised here and a large number of emigrants had collected and were waiting, with their furniture, in this city to take passage by the propeller,...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 1 May 1855 The "Ocean Eagle" was launched at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large assemblage. We never saw a vessel got off the stocks with so little trouble. The "Ocean Eagle" is a very fine looking craft, with a clipper look that we admire, and we doubt not her sailing capacities are...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 24 Apr 1855 Steamer Ontario. - This old favorite made her first appearance in our harbor this morning, from Charlotte where she has been laid up the past winter. Her exterior presents the appearance of a new boat, having been entirely repainted, and the interior is as usual elegant. We regret to learn that...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 30 Apr 1855 Launch. - Ald. Rogers was making preparations this morning to launch the "Ocean Eagle, one of the new vessels on his stocks. She is so nearly fitted out that little time will be required to put her in sailing condition. Capt. McKnight, as before noticed, is to take the command, - a sailor to ...

The new tug J.H. Bloore, was launched yesterday, agreeable to notice about half past four o'clock, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. She started off without much trouble, and was as fine a launch as we have witnessed. She dipped slightly when she struck the water, and it is ...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 10 Apr 1855 Another Tug Boat. - Ex.alderman Dobbie has just completed another tug boat, for this harbor, at the foot of West Schuyler street, which we learn by the Palladium will be launched this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This is the third steam tug built by Mr. Dobbie, and is in every way equal to the...

Tuesday evening there was a large crowd assembled on the wharf to see the launch of the schooner Emma, which was very gracefully accomplished at 7:30 p.m. ...

Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY ), 2 Apr 1855 Owing to the severity of the storm, there are no public transactions today. Marine. - A number of vessels took clearances for Canadian ports on Saturday. Among those which went out Saturday night, the propeller St. Nicholas and the schooner Western which encountered the storm on Sunday ...

Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY ), 23 Jun 1910 Capt. James F. Allen ____ Interesting Sketch of the Life of the Popular Steamboat Man - Commanded all the Folger Boats. ____ The Kingston Whig of June 23 contained the following concerning the late Capt. James F. Allen. Captain Allen was born in Cape Vincent in 1840. His ...

May 31. - Last Tuesday, 21st., the schooner Emma was working up the lake; the sea being rough she was compelled to run back. While in the lee of Cherry Island, the mate, Perl Phelps, discovered a boat upside down and a man clinging to it . he immediately lowered the yawl and went to rescue the...

Oswego Advertiser and Times (Oswego, NY ), 27 May 1867 The Eight Hour System Adopted in Oswego. - We learn that the Ship Carpenters and Caulkers Union will commence working on the eight hour system on Monday morning, with the approval of all the bosses except one. In consideration of the less number of hours constituting a working day, the wages ...