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  • Steamer Osceola
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        Old lumber carrier. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. directory, 1903; 980 gross tons; 183 x 33; built 1882, West Bay City, Mich. Also listed Inland Lloyds Vessel Register, 1893, p. 73. Listed Beers, Histo
      Old lumber carrier. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. directory, 1903; 980 gross tons; …
  • Schooner Our Son
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        Old schooner -widely known. The Our Son was the last schooner to sail the Great Lakes. Built in 1875 at Black River (Lorain) Ohio, and of 720 gross tons; 182 feet long and 35 feet wide. The Our Son w
      Old schooner -widely known. The Our Son was the last schooner to …
  • Steamer Grace Patterson
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        The Grace Patterson was a small Lake Michigan lumber carrier which was lost at Twin River Point (north of Two Rivers and Manitowoc, Wis. ) in 1882. Charles S. Neff says that his father, Capt. Sam Nef
      The Grace Patterson was a small Lake Michigan lumber carrier which was …
  • Steamer Pewaukee
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        The steamer, Pewaukee, was formerly a schooner of the same name; before that it was the Canadian schooner Two Friends, of Port Burwell, Ont. where it was built in 1873; 135 feet in length, 26 in widt
      The steamer, Pewaukee, was formerly a schooner of the same name; before …
  • Sidewheeler Peytonia
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        The Peytonia, considered to be the second steamer in the passenger trade on Lake Winnebago, was built about 1847; 150 feet long, 30 feet wide. It carried many thousands of early settlers into the Fox
      The Peytonia, considered to be the second steamer in the passenger trade …
  • Steamer Queen City
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        The Queen City, an old side-wheeler built in 1856, was sold by Neff & Co., Oshkosh, Wis. to Capt. A.Taylor, Escanaba, Mich., in 1857. It ran from Escanaba to Green Bay ports for many years. It was lo
      The Queen City, an old side-wheeler built in 1856, was sold by …
  • Tug Resolute
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        The tug Resolute was a familiar sight in and around Green Bay from 1881 to 1886; lost by fire. Had a 13x14 engine.
      The tug Resolute was a familiar sight in and around Green Bay …
  • Tug Resolute
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        The tug Resolute, 1880; sold by A. Ruelle, Detroit to A. Boller, Green Bay, Wis. for $1,500. 13x 14 engine. The Resolute towed at Green Bay until catching fire at a Green Bay dock about 1886.
      The tug Resolute, 1880; sold by A. Ruelle, Detroit to A. Boller, …
  • Steamer Dean Richmond
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        A wooden-arched, double deck package freight steamer; built 1864, Cleveland, 0.; 238 x 35 x 13.5. Her power came from twin screw steeple compound engines, and two low steam box boilers; burned to wat
      A wooden-arched, double deck package freight steamer; built 1864, Cleveland, 0.; 238 …
  • Steamer Roanoke
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        The iron steamer, Roanoke, 175 x 28 x 11, had a 34 x 34 LP engine; built 1871; Wilmington, Del. Owned on the Great Lakes for 15 years, and then went back to salt water. The vessel was chartered by Sa
      The iron steamer, Roanoke, 175 x 28 x 11, had a 34 …

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Charles S. Neff Collection


Charles S. Neff was born in Oshkosh, WI in April of 1870 and died in Cleveland, OH in 1940. His father Samuel Neff had been involved in shipping on the Fox and Wolf Rivers but moved his business to Milwaukee about 1880 because he did not think he could compete with the railroads. He formed the Neff and Sons Shipping Company with his sons Sidney and Charles. After their father died they tried to keep the partnership going for about a year but then divided the assets and formed separate companies. Charles lived during the time of sail, steam power and diesel power. He collected photographs and other material of historical interest. Some of his collection is in the Maritime collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. He also made drawings using color pencils and whatever paper that was at hand. Some were drawn from memory, others from life. Some of the original drawings were given to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, WI. Color slides were taken of all of the drawings and Marcy Neff-Fisher, his daughter, prepared notes for each slide. Digital copies have been made of the slides and notes. The collection also include the volume Marcy Neff-Fisher had privately published for family and friends about the Neff family's long involvement in shipping.