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Table of Contents

Title Page
Preface
Introduction
1 A place called Hamilton.
2 Public Works and Private Enterprise
3 Port Hamilton
4 1837-1839
5 Ericsson Wheels
6 1844-1847
7 Good Times in Port
8 Boom Town Days
9 Depression Years
10 Better Times Ahead
11 1867-1870
12 Prosperity for the Shipbuilders
13 The Second Railway Building Era
14 1884-1888
15 The Electric Era
16 The Iron Age
Table of Illustrations
Index
Oswego, NY
1   receive his imported goods, which came from Oswego and Montreal. At this point, every item, whether
2   notified the public that he had received from Oswego, a cargo of Onondaga Salt, and this was for sale
3   12 December 1828, there was much rejoicing in Oswego, for they had a direct connection to New York. The
4   steamboat COMMODORE BARRIE, now on her way from Oswego to Lewiston, very gratefully acknowledge the
5   to B. Phillips, Kingston, H. Fitzhugh at Oswego, H. E. Nichols, Cobourg, The Pt. Hope Harbour Co.,
6   The case of the schooner GEORGE S. WEEKS, of Oswego, illustrates the temper of the times. When she
7   the VANDALIA arrived on her maiden voyage from Oswego with general cargo and then cleared for Port
8   of a new steam and sail vessel, built at Oswego, for Messrs. Bronson & Crocker, enterprising
9   returned to Port Dalhousie, on her route back to Oswego. We cordially wish her owners every success and
10   its readers that Messrs. Bronson & Crocker, of Oswego, had a new vessel, to be called VANDALIA, under
11   near the Genesee River. On the 27 December, the Oswego Line of Lake Boats placed an advertisement in the
12   advertisement by Van Dewater Brothers & Co., of Oswego, just bursting with good old Yankee enthusiasm to
13   We understand that the new steamer commenced at Oswego by Capt. Vandewater, and intended to run between
14   ADMIRAL, Capt. Wilkinson, Hamilton, Toronto and Oswego; the CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON, Capt. Jas. Dick, from
15   and for the American steamers for Rochester, Oswego, Syracuse, New York, Montreal and
16   April, the steamer NIAGARA, Capt. Childs, left Oswego for Rochester with some 100 passengers. The wind
17   that the propeller CLIFTON would ply between Oswego and Hamilton during the coming season, with calls
18   accident of this kind, which occurred at Oswego on Monday afternoon. The steamer COMET of
19   & Crane in 1849. After the explosion in Oswego, she was refloated by the steamer PORCUPINE and
20   TRADER, from Ogdensburg-Prescott to Kingston, Oswego, Toronto, Hamilton and Port
21   cargo; Schooner NIAGARA, Capt. D. Cross, from Oswego with 653 bars of R. R. Iron (rails) for the agent
22   W. Quirk and RACHEL, Capt. T. Murray cleared for Oswego.
23   Capt. Wm. Day and the ERIN, all cleared for Oswego. The schooner LADY BAGOT, Capt. J. Nelligan,
24   the 8 December, with a full cargo of flour, for Oswego, where she laid up along with the ST. LAWRENCE,
25   with Boston and New York, via Ogdensburg and Oswego."
26   Spectator it was noted that "The rivalry between Oswego and Ogdensburg for the Canadian trade is likely
27   CHARLES NAPIER. She had been built in 1843 at Oswego.
28   of the season, ply between Hamilton, Toronto and Oswego, where her agents were Messrs. Clemow &
29   to form a daily line between Hamilton and Oswego. The Chippewa and Niagara R. R. are building a
30   April when M. W. Browne's BRITANNIA cleared for Oswego and the CITY OF HAMILTON arrived with passengers
31   named LADY OF THE LAKE, was built in 1842 at Oswego by George S. Weeks and, measured 197 x 24 x 9.2;
32   commence service from Hamilton to Toronto and Oswego on Monday, 18 June, daily except
33   their regular trips today between this city and Oswego, made a trial trip to Toronto on Saturday, which
34   coalStr. AMERICA, Masson, G. W. R. R., from OswegoSch. CERES, McMaster, G. W. R. R., from OswegoSch.
35   two, as the steamer AMERICA was on her way to Oswego, after having passed her sister, the CANADA, she
36   arrivals: Schooner ROYAL TAR, Capt. Smith from Oswego with general cargo for Nixon & Swales; steamer
37   QUEEN, Capt. Zealand, while on a voyage from Oswego to Hamilton and she sank alongside the east pier
38   to get ashore. She had been built in 1845 at Oswego, as the SYRACUSE and was sold Canadian in
39   Wharf, the former for Ogdensburg, the latter for Oswego. Word from the foot of the Lake indicated that the
40   schooner GREAT WESTERN, Capt. Goldring, also for Oswego, was not fortunate enough to obtain cargo, but the
41   Elevator, from whence It was forwarded to Oswego. At a later date, Smith built his own grain
42   days and was accompanied by blinding snow. From Oswego came this list of casualties: "schooner J. J.
43   Catharines and the schooner FORREST arrived from Oswego with a huge manifest of general cargo for
44   Oswego, 12,700 bus. of wheat and 600 bbls. of
45   to Oswego, 8,000 bus. of
46   MAR, to Oswego, 7,600 bus. of
47   to Oswego, 3,000 bus. of
48   to Oswego, 160,000 feet of
49   SIR CHARLES METCALFE, Capt. McNally, from Oswego to Kingston with coal, was abandoned by her crew
50   following vessels arrived with grain, mostly for Oswego, via Hamilton: FALCON, 7,412 bus., PERRY HANNA,
51   BRAINARD, to Oswego with 2,000 bbls. of flour and 7,846 bus. of
52   to Oswego with 3,900 bus. of
53   MAR, to Oswego with 7,469 bus. of barley and 215 bbls. of
54   to Oswego with 13,500 bus. of
55   J. MORLEY, to Oswego with 7,000 bus. of
56   to Oswego with 7,092 bus. of
57   schooners FIDELITY of Hamilton and ANTELOPE of Oswego took quite a pounding at the Railway Wharf, the
58   schooner OTTAWA, sailing from Oswego on the 1 October with coal for Myles & Wyatt of
59   Proctor's schooner GLENAVON, from Hamilton to Oswego with barley, shipped by John Smith, struck one of
60   LOCHIEL, Capt. Scott from Dundas, C.W., for Oswego with 9,000 bus. of wheat, foundered in Lake
61   schooner GARIBALDI sailed the following day for Oswego with a cargo of flour, loaded at the Great
62   for D. Patton & Co.; the JOHN RAE cleared for Oswego with 10,223 bus. of barley from John Smith's
63   schooner MINNIE PROCTOR from Oswego, with coal for Thos. Myles got lost in the fog and
64   the crew of the sailing scow WAITE from Oswego with sand for the Glass Works. On investigation,
65   Welland Railway steamer PERSEVERANCE, bound for Oswego with 20,147 bus. of corn, consigned to T. S.
66   ROCHESTER, recently plying between Kingston and Oswego, commences her regular trips from Hamilton to
67   Cleveland with 421 tons, CHARM, Capt. Irwin from Oswego, 107 tons, ORION, Capt. Zealand, 465 tons and the
68   of barley to Toronto; 7000 bus. of barley to Oswego; 5,600 bus. of barley to Chicago and 10,703 bus.
69   Barley from Williamson's Storehouse went to Oswego, 9,606 bus. and he sent 10,569 bus. of red wheat
70   Her master was Capt. Hadden and she arrived from Oswego with 254 tons of coal for Thomas
71   Spence, departed late on the 16 November for Oswego with 12,300 bus. of barley and early the next
72   MAGDALA of Hamilton, bound from Toronto to Oswego with a cargo of timber and was about six miles
73   of the city banks, to take a cargo of grain to Oswego and subsequently, it was ascertained that the
74   where they caught the train from Rome to Oswego."
75   Wharf with 100 tons of Blossburg Coal from Oswego. Thomas Myles was expecting the UNDINE with 170
76   Montreal. Other vessels were being diverted to Oswego, Ogdensburg and
77   telegram from Oswego told a sad story on the 9 November. It told of
78   while the CITY OF MONTREAL will make the Oswego run.
79   from Cleveland and the CLARA YOUELL from Oswego, along with the NORTH STAR. Murton & Reid's coal
80   MURTON was being made ready to load grain for Oswego, where she would pick up a return cargo of coal.
81   loading a cargo of ashes at McIlwraith's for Oswego.
82   a cargo of glassware at MacKay's Wharf from Oswego and on the 10 September, was loading lumber at
83   arrival of the schooner VIENNA with coal from Oswego at McIlwraith's Wharf. The propeller CITY OF
84   left of her. She was owned by H. J. Daggett of Oswego, N.Y. This vessel was built in 1864 at Niagara by
85   Hamilton men in the crew. She had sailed for Oswego, just before the storm, with timber and
86   E. R. C. PROCTOR was waiting to load grain for Oswego. The LAKE MICHIGAN loaded old rails at the Grand
87   the Hamilton Glass Works and then cleared for Oswego, the MEDITERRANEAN at Murton & Reid's coal wharf
88   ERIE STEWART, GOLD HUNTER and BALTIC, all from Oswego; at Myles' Wharf, the UNDINE and the GULNARE from
89   to load barley, shipped, by Mr. W. Kerrins to Oswego. The schooner-scow HOPE was waiting to load
90   was loading timber at the N. & N. W. Wharf for Oswego. The GULNARE was awaiting her turn at the same
91   was waiting for a fair breeze to take her to Oswego.
92   ST. MAGNUS came in with 650 tons of coal from Oswego. She would lay-up for the winter at Zealand's
93   the schooner SPEEDWELL arrived with coal from Oswego. This vessel had been built in 1875 at Port
94   Browne's schooner E. H. RUTHERFORD, bound for Oswego with a cargo of barley, went ashore near
95   The schooner UNDINE was loading barley for Oswego and would return with coal. The ELLA MURTON was
96   about to leave for Burlington, to load wheat for Oswego and a return cargo of coal. Capt. Thos.
97   ST. LOUIS and UNDINE were both active in the Oswego coal
98   on Saturday 25 April, with the arrival from Oswego, of the schooner ST. LOUIS, Capt. John McGiffin.
99   was the UNDINE, Capt. Johnston. She cleared for Oswego on the 12 April, with 10,000 bus. of wheat,
100   the woman cook, as well as Capt. Ure. Down at Oswego, the schooner CAROLINE MARSH, also with coal for
101   about to leave for Burlington, to load wheat for Oswego and a return cargo of coal. Capt. Thos.
102   CHIEFTAIN lost four barges east of the piers at Oswego.
103   200 tons of coal before she could be taken to Oswego for dry docking. She at last arrived in Hamilton
104   schooner STUART H. DUNN arrived from Oswego on the 10 July with coal for the Rogers Coal Co.
105   but assisted the schooners T. R. MERRITT from Oswego and W. J. SUFFEL from Sodus Point. The steam
106   T. R. MERRITT, Capt. W. A. Corson, left for Oswego and was followed a day later by the W. J.
107   well known in Hamilton, attempted to enter Oswego, but the howling westerly wind drove her past the
108   on the night of the 30 April, with coal from Oswego for the Rogers Coal Co. After unloading and
109   John Williams, came into port with coal from Oswego for McIlwraith. The Burlington Canal was in such
110   were riding at anchor. Both had come from Oswego. The steamer MACASSA, which had been moved over to
111   to seek shelter in Fairhaven. She had coal from Oswego for McIlwraith and finally came in on the 24
112   Charlotte, were at Browne's, the WAVE CREST from Oswego was at McIlwraith's and the SIR C. T. VAN
113   the night of 16 May, according to a report from Oswego. This was the third vessel that Ewart had lost in
114   arrived from Toronto. She had loaded coal in Oswego, but had run for shelter in Toronto. In the
115   sailed from Hamilton with a cargo of lumber for Oswego. At 9:00 p.m. on the 19 May, she was about one
116   She was hauled off by the tug CHARLIE FERRIS of Oswego and towed into Charlotte for repairs. After
117   CUBA. The schooner SINGAPORE brought coal from Oswego for the MacKays and the American schooner ST.
118   Carter told the press that he would proceed to Oswego and load coal for Quebec. He would then sail to
119   bound up the Lake from Oswego to Hamilton with coal, the schooner DAUNTLESS,
120   10 November, the schooner WAVE CREST sailed for Oswego with a cargo of lumber, her last voyage of the
121   Square, was driven ashore east of the piers at Oswego and became a total loss. She had been rebuilt in
122   at the Grand Trunk Ry. Wharf on the 9 May, for Oswego. The MODJESKA left that night for Port Dalhousie,
123   CREST arrived from Brighton to load lumber for Oswego. The schooner DAUNTLESS, Capt. Johnston, formerly
124   were the schooners L. D. BULLOCK, with coal from Oswego, for McIlwraith, the F. C. LEIGHTON from Milwaukee
125   WAVE CREST, Capt. W. A. Corson, bound from Oswego to Hamilton with a cargo of coal for McIlwraith,
126   SINGAPORE and ERIE STEWART all arrived from Oswego for McIlwraith, Murton and MacKay,
127   schooners arrived from Oswego on the 9 November. They were the VIENNA, FLORA
128   schooner W. T. GREENWOOD, on a voyage from Oswego to Toronto with coal, was wrecked 12 miles west
129   and FLORA CARVETH were all unloading coal from Oswego.
130   at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 24 September, for Oswego, arriving there at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. She loaded
131   then take on lumber at the Grand Trunk Wharf for Oswego.
132   reach the Grand Trunk Wharf to load lumber for Oswego. However, two days later, the Bay was
133   W. J. SUFFELL got away to Oswego on the 8 April with her cargo of lumber and the
134   schooners ELLA MURTON and SINGAPORE cleared for Oswego on the morning of the 14 April, to load coal for
135   schooner T. R. MERRITT arrived with coal from Oswego for
136   2 September, the schooner ALBACORE arrived from Oswego with coal for Rogers and the steamer CAMBRIA was
137   W. J. SUFFELL and ELLA MURTON all came in from Oswego. The HAMILTON and the PERSIA arrived from Montreal
138   the T. R. MERRITT and expected to leave for Oswego later in the week. Repair work was being done on
139   the SIR C. T. VAN STRAUBENZEE both sailed for Oswego. The schooner T. R. MERRITT arrived on the 3
140   schooner W.J.SUFFELL arrived from Oswego, the ARABIAN called in on her way to Ft. William,
141   Fort William and the T. R. MERRITT arrived from Oswego with

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