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built the tug H. N. Sprague. In 1880, William Miller and Smith built the Charles Smith. This combination also built the tugs Patrick Henry and S. S. Stone. In 1887 Smith built the Dan Connelly, and in 1889 Louis Brooks built the tug C. R. Edson in Smith's yard. J. E. Levaye built two tugs, the James Amadeus (1874) and Charles Henry (1880). In all probability, these were also built in Smith's yard. In 1885, Smith retired from active participation in the firm, but kept a "fatherly watch" over his sons, L. P. and J. A. Smith who carried on the operations. In the early 1890's they moved the yard to Jefferson Street, on the east side of the Cuyahoga River, were it was used as a repair yard. The Smith properties were sold to the Great Lakes Towing Company on August 25, 1899. In Toledo, Abraham Gillmore and his sons were still doing a good business, especially in wooden vessel repair. From 1882 to 1909 their yard turned out a steady stream of small propellers, tugs, and sand dredges. Many of the tugs were steam fish tugs. Some of the vessels built by the Gillmores were the tugs L. Birkhead (1883), Lizzie (1886), Fred Tank (1889), Norris (1900), and Roger C. Sullivan (1903). They also built the sand dredges, Ohio, Laura D., Victor D., and City of Rossford. The last vessel built by them was the sand dredge Brokate in 1909. Abraham Gillmore died in April, 1903, and the business was carried on under the firm name of Gillmore Brothers. They continued in the vessel repair business through the 1930's and were last listed in the Toledo City Directory in 1939. A few vessels were built by individuals in Toledo after 1880. Jerry Perya launched the tug Joseph S. Spinney on March 31, 1888, from the foot of Adams Street. John Avery built the tug George Rogers the same year. In 1889 Moses Bowe built the stern-wheeler Pastime, a great favorite along the Toledo waterfront, and he built three barges in 1891. The same pattern of sporadic effort was true all along Ohio's northern shore. At Lorain Henry D. Root built a few tugs and some propellers. He built the hull of the propeller W. P. Thew at Vermilion in 1884, then towed her to Lorain to receive her engine and boilers. In 1887 he built the Margaret Olwill at Cleveland, probably in Pat Smith's yard as the vessel was built for him and named for his wife. In 1888 Root built the sand dredge Albert Y. Gowan. Some of the Root-built tugs were the Annie (1889), Susie B. (1892), and Buckeye (1901).The last vessel built at Root's yard was the tug J. H. Driscoll, in 1906. Henry D. Root died in 1914 and 81