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In 1863, Caulkins built the schooners C. A. Case and Charles A. King. This was the last building that he did in Cleveland. He moved to Trenton, Michigan, where he remained for several years. The move probably was necessitated for the same reasons as those of Quayle and Martin and Peck and Masters. In browsing through old newspapers and shipping records, one comes across a few unfamiliar builders in Cleveland. It must be assumed that they built one or two vessels on the river bank, or perhaps sub- contracted from one of the major builders and used the facilities of that major builder. Such is the case of Cornwall, Reed and Company, who built the schooner Ocean in 1843; Spencer & Company, the schooner Star of the North (1854); James Harley, the tug Marie Martin (1858), and several others. Such was the case, also, of Eaton, Church, Malloy, and James, who - with a capital of $50,000 - proposed to form a new dry dock company in 1866.70 In 1872, the Leader sadly announced: Of all the shipbuilding firms that were in Cleveland there remains only one, Quayle and Martin. Two sail craft, each of 900 tons burthen, are being built by this firm for Winslow and Bradley to be ready for business when navigation opens. The firm is also constructing a barge of 500 tons capacity. The principal cause for the change of base in this industry is the scarcity of suitable timber in northern Ohio. As it is the river yards fill most of the bills for wooden ships and steamers, and they will probably continue to do so until our lake marine is gradually superseded by wrought iron water craft.71 Quayle and Martin was not the only shipbuilding firm at Cleveland in 1872, but it was apparent that Cleveland shipbuilding was rapidly declining. The demise of wooden shipbuilding will be taken up in the next chapter. Lorain County Black River (Lorain) Lorain is located some twenty-six miles west of Cleveland at the mouth of the Black River. In 1831 it was known by the rather disenchanting name of The Mouth of the Black River. In 1836 the mouth area of the stream, from the lake to what is now Fourth Street, was chartered as Charleston. Further upstream was the small community of 44