"We believe the first substantial experiment of a canal steamboat in this State was made in 1823, by William Avery and Hiram Scoville of Onondaga county. Their boat had a screw wheel in the stern, and they ran it from Manlius to Palmyra and back. The experiment gave tolerable satisfaction, ...
"We believe the first substantial experiment of a canal steamboat in this ...
The schooner "Isabel," bound from Oswego to Toronto with a load of coal, sunk about eight miles off Sodus Point, on Tuesday last. The crew got off in a yawl and reached Sodus Point about 8 o'clock in the evening. The schooner was an old one , and so sudden ...
The schooner "Isabel," bound from Oswego to Toronto with a load of ...