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Burnside. The first vessel built at the Meigs Street yard was the yacht Sallie in 1875. In 1876 he built the popular island boat, R. B. Hayes. Monk continued to launch small steamers from this yard for several years. In 1858 Lewis H. Jackson had a shipyard at the foot of Hancock Street. He continued in business through 1872. He built the popular small sidewheelers General Sheridan and General Sherman, and the Philip Walter. In 1857 the City of Sandusky leased the entire site of East Battery to the Sandusky Shipyards who had proposed to construct a shipyard along the east side of Meigs Street. This deal never materialized. In 1869, the Sandusky Tool Company was built on the proposed site. In retrospect, many steamers were built at Sandusky, but few were of any size. They were built largely for the island and bay trade. Surprisingly enough, few sail craft were ever built there. Lucas County Perrysburg and Maumee Perrysburg and Maumee are located at the head of navigation on the Maumee River. Perrysburg is on the east bank and Maumee is directly across the river, on the west bank. A custom house was established by the Treasury Department at Maumee in 1818. It included Perrysburg, Oregon, Delaware, and Swan Creek. Toledo was not incorporated until 1836. Maumee was incorporated in 1835 with a population of 865, and supported seven taverns. It was a crossroads of travel west because of the water connections from Buffalo and a railroad running west to Flint, Michigan. Government records do not differentiate between Maumee and Perrysburg prior to 1837. The first recorded instance of a vessel being built at Perrysburg was the steamer Commodore Perry, built by Augustus Jones in 1835, for a stock company, the Perrysburg Steam Boat Company. Samuel L. Hubble established a shipyard there by 1837, when he launched the schooner Favorite. A new vessel called the Favorite was launched at Perrysburg a few days since. She will soon be rigged, and afloat on Erie. Perrysburg turns out shipping like a "chair factory." The crafts too are staunch, well built specimens of Lake shipping, and do honor to the enterprise and taste of the flourishing port from which they hail.106 65