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    Used in Barlow Cumberland, A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River

    Watercolour of the steamboat FRONTENAC by Captain James Van Cleve, who sailed her competitor, the ONTARIO.

    Line drawings of the engines of the FRONTENAC from the Archives Division, Birmingham Central Library, Boulton & Watt Collection, Portfolios 1213-14

    Dramatic watercolour of the near shipwreck of the steamboat PLOUGHBOY with Lonely Island, Georgian Bay in the background. The party on board included a number of prominent Canadian politicians, some

The Steam Examination for Masters and Mates, as required by the Local Marine Board (Liverpool)     Examination plate from "The steam examination for masters and mates, as required by the local marine board" (with illustrated diagrams), showing all the internal and external arrangement of boilers,

Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     Wooden engraving of the Goodrich Transportation Company steamboat CHICAGO signed "Manz Chicago" used to illustrate the company's 1884 advertisement for passenger services between Chicago and Milwauke

Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     While the volume was published in 1884, the tug ERIE BELLE exploded on 21 Nov 1883 in Kincardine while salvaging the schooner CARTER. This specific illustration was treated as a generic one in advert

Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     Generic wooden engraving of a propeller-driven steamboat with an arch from the 1880s by A. Zeese & Company of Chicago for use in advertisements

Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     Generic wooden engraving of a sidewheel, paddlewheeled steamboat used in advertisements

Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes: Comprising A Complete List of All Vessels Navigating the Lakes, Arranged Alphabetically... (Detroit, MI)     This is linked to an advertisement for the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company which never owned a vessel of this type.

    from F. R. Rosseel, "The Heyday of Lake Windjammers," Marine Review, May 1919, p. 234.

    Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.

    Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.

   

   

   

    Winter Sports in Canada The accompanying engravings illustrate the way in which our Canadian neighbors contrive to make some of the moments of their long and dreary winter slip by pleasantly and happ

   

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Though we have previously given some views of this flourishing and interesting city, yet as there remained several striking points for illustration, we have continued the series in

    THE LATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN CANADA. Although some weeks have elapsed since the terrible railroad accident which happened near Hamilton, C. W., the catastrophe is still the theme of mournful comment