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May, 1919 THE MARINE REVIEW 235 principal westbound freight, although sand ballast was often. used in cases where coal' was not available. All of these vessels were of the centerboard type because the rivers and harbors were com- 'paratively shallow, which nec- cessitated light-draft vessels. There were no fine models among the vessels that went east to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence; they were flat- bottomed, 'straight-sided, full at the ends, built to fill the locks of the Welland canal, and they had bowsprits that hoisted up straight in the air while passing through the canal. The lake fleets of the sixties and seventies comprised brigs, barks and barkentines, as well as fore-and-aft OSWEGO HARBOR IN THE YEAR 1870 IS SHOWN IN THE UPPER VIEW WH te three and a 3-corner rigged schooners of four masts. two, The raffee, sail carried at the top of the foremast over a square yard was much used on the lakes although almost unknown on salt water. According to figures issued by the commissioner of navigation, there were more sailing vessels on the lakes. in the year 1878 than in any Lakes skipper, said in his ex- -cellent history of the Great Lakes: "The era of the greatest number and of the largest and finest sail vessels was from 1860 to 1885. The year 1866 was a most profitable year for lake vessel owners, and the following year saw the completion of a ship canal with 16 feet of water through the St. Clair (Concluded on page 240) Gres ILE THE LOWER VIEW SHOWS BUFFALO HARBOR FROM LIGHTHOUSE PIER AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER AS IT LOOKED IN THE SIXTIES--THE OVAL SHOWS AN OLD-TIME LAKE TUG BOAT year before or since--1855 - vessels. The Hon. Crockett McElroy, a retired © Great...